AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS.

This bill requires executive and quasi-public agency officials and employees to sign a certificate, prior to entering state service, indicating they are aware of the revolving door provisions to which they are subject under the Code of Ethics. It establishes the same requirement for Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board members.

The Code of Ethics establishes several revolving door provisions by which executive and quasi-public agency officials and employees must abide when they leave state service. Generally, it prohibits them from:

1. representing anyone, other than the state, concerning any matter in which (a) they personally and substantially participated while in state service and (b) the state has a substantial interest;

2. representing anyone for one year after state service, other than the state, for compensation before the agency in which he or she served concerning any matter in which the state has a substantial interest; and

3. accepting employment for one year after service with a state contractor that has a contract valued at $ 50,000 or more if they supervised or had a substantial role in negotiating or awarding the contract.

The code also prohibits certain former public officials and state employees who held positions with significant decision-making or supervisory responsibilities from seeking or accepting employment for one year after leaving state service with a business subject to regulation by their agency.

With respect to the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, the code prohibits members from (1) holding any other position in state government for one year after service, including membership on a state board or commission, or service as a superior court judge or agency commissioner and (2) representing anyone, other than themselves, before the board within one year after service. It also prohibits anyone who appears before the board from hiring a member within that one year.

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(03/27/2009)