Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00589 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 589
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2114
33 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
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55 SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT ESTABLISHING BIPARTISAN SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON ETHICS.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That the general statutes be amended to establish a Bipartisan Senate Committee on Ethics and a Bipartisan House Committee on Ethics that shall have the authority (1) to investigate any alleged illegal or unethical conduct by any member of the Senate, in the case of the Senate committee, or of the House, in the case of the House committee, and (2) to recommend sanctions, including, but not limited to, the expulsion, censure or reprimand of any such member who is found to have engaged in misconduct.
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2929 To restore the public trust in the state legislature and to provide a nonpartisan, objective means to respond to official misconduct by establishing Bipartisan Senate and House Committees on Ethics.