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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7328
January Session, 2019
AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN ETHICS CODE DEFINITIONS AND GIFT
PROVISIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (2) of section 1-79 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(2) ["Business with which he is associated"] "Business with which 4
the person is associated" (A) means any sole proprietorship, 5
partnership, firm, corporation, trust or other entity through which 6
business for profit or not for profit is conducted in which the public 7
official or state employee or member of his or her immediate family is 8
a director, officer, owner, limited or general partner, beneficiary of a 9
trust or holder of stock constituting five per cent or more of the total 10
outstanding stock of any class, provided, a public official or state 11
employee, or member of his or her immediate family, shall not be 12
deemed to be associated with a not for profit entity solely by virtue of 13
the fact that the public official or state employee or member of his or 14
her immediate family is an unpaid director or officer of the not for 15
profit entity, [. "Officer" refers only to] and (B) includes a second 16
business held by the business with which the person is associated, if 17
the business with which the person is associated is a director, officer, 18
owner, limited or general partner, beneficiary of a trust or holder of 19 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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stock constituting five per cent or more of the total outstanding stock 20
of any class of such second business. For the purposes of this 21
subdivision, "officer" means the president, executive or senior vice 22
president or treasurer of such business or any person who exercises 23
exclusive control over such business. 24
Sec. 2. Subdivision (11) of section 1-79 of the general statutes is 25
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 26
October 1, 2019): 27
(11) "Public official" means (A) any state-wide elected officer; [,] (B) 28
any member or member-elect of the General Assembly; [,] (C) any 29
person appointed to any office of the legislative, judicial or executive 30
branch of state government, with or without the advice and consent of 31
the General Assembly, by the Governor, [or] an appointee of the 32
Governor [, with or without the advice and consent of the General 33
Assembly,] or any other state-wide elected officer; (D) any public 34
member or representative of the teachers' unions or state employees' 35
unions appointed to the Investment Advisory Council pursuant to 36
subsection (a) of section 3-13b; [,] (E) any person appointed or elected 37
by the General Assembly or by any member of either house thereof; [,] 38
(F) any member or director of a quasi-public agency; and (G) the 39
spouse of the Governor. [, but] "Public official" does not include a 40
member of an advisory board, a judge of any court either elected or 41
appointed, any person appointed by a judge in the exercise of the 42
judge's authority in a judicial matter or a senator or representative in 43
Congress. 44
Sec. 3. Section 1-84 of the general statutes is repealed and the 45
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 46
(a) No public official or state employee shall, while serving as such, 47
have any financial interest in, or engage in, any business, employment, 48
transaction or professional activity, which is in substantial conflict with 49
the proper discharge of his or her duties or employment in the public 50
interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of 51 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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this state, as defined in section 1-85, as amended by this act. 52
(b) No public official or state employee shall accept other 53
employment which will either impair his or her independence of 54
judgment as to his or her official duties or employment or require 55
[him] such official or employee, or induce [him] such official or 56
employee, to disclose confidential information acquired by him or her 57
in the course of and by reason of [his] such official's or state 58
employee's official duties. 59
(c) No public official or state employee shall wilfully and knowingly 60
disclose, for financial gain, to any other person, confidential 61
information acquired by him or her in the course of and by reason of 62
his or her official duties or employment and no public official or state 63
employee shall use his or her public office or position or any 64
confidential information received through his or her holding such 65
public office or position to obtain financial gain for [himself] such 66
official or employee, his or her spouse, child, child's spouse, parent, 67
brother or sister or a business with which [he] the person is associated. 68
(d) No public official or state employee or employee of such public 69
official or state employee shall agree to accept, or be a member or 70
employee of a partnership, association, professional corporation or 71
sole proprietorship which partnership, association, professional 72
corporation or sole proprietorship agrees to accept any employment, 73
fee or other thing of value, or portion thereof, for appearing, agreeing 74
to appear, or taking any other action on behalf of another person 75
before the Department of Banking, the Office of the Claims 76
Commissioner, the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of 77
Health Strategy, the Insurance Department, the Department of 78
Consumer Protection, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the State 79
Insurance and Risk Management Board, the Department of Energy and 80
Environmental Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, 81
the Connecticut Siting Council or the Connecticut Real Estate 82
Commission; provided this subsection shall not prohibit any such 83
person from [making inquiry] inquiring for information on behalf of 84 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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another before any of said commissions or commissioners if no fee or 85
reward is given or promised in consequence thereof. For the purpose 86
of this subsection, partnerships, associations, professional corporations 87
or sole proprietorships refer only to such partnerships, associations, 88
professional corporations or sole proprietorships which have been 89
formed to carry on the business or profession directly relating to the 90
employment, appearing, agreeing to appear or taking of action 91
provided for in this subsection. Nothing in this subsection shall 92
prohibit any employment, appearing, agreeing to appear or taking 93
action before any municipal board, commission or council. Nothing in 94
this subsection shall be construed as applying (1) to the actions of any 95
teaching or research professional employee of a public institution of 96
higher education if such actions are not in violation of any other 97
provision of this chapter, (2) to the actions of any other professional 98
employee of a public institution of higher education if such actions are 99
not compensated and are not in violation of any other provision of this 100
chapter, (3) to any member of a board or commission who receives no 101
compensation other than per diem payments or reimbursement for 102
actual or necessary expenses, or both, incurred in the performance of 103
the member's duties, or (4) to any member or director of a quasi-public 104
agency. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection to the 105
contrary, a legislator, an officer of the General Assembly or part-time 106
legislative employee may be or become a member or employee of a 107
firm, partnership, association or professional corporation which 108
represents clients for compensation before agencies listed in this 109
subsection, provided the legislator, officer of the General Assembly or 110
part-time legislative employee shall take no part in any matter 111
involving the agency listed in this subsection and shall not receive 112
compensation from any such matter. Receipt of a previously 113
established salary, not based on the current or anticipated business of 114
the firm, partnership, association or professional corporation involving 115
the agencies listed in this subsection, shall be permitted. 116
(e) No legislative commissioner or his or her partners, employees or 117
associates shall represent any person subject to the provisions of part II 118 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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concerning the promotion of or opposition to legislation before the 119
General Assembly, or accept any employment which includes an 120
agreement or understanding to influence, or which is inconsistent 121
with, the performance of his or her official duties. 122
(f) No person shall offer or give to a public official or state employee 123
or candidate for public office or [his] such official's, employee's or 124
candidate's spouse, his or her parent, brother, sister or child or spouse 125
of such child or a business with which [he] the person is associated, 126
anything of value, including, but not limited to, a gift, loan, political 127
contribution, reward or promise of future employment based on any 128
understanding that the vote, official action or judgment of the public 129
official, state employee or candidate for public office would be or had 130
been influenced thereby. 131
(g) No public official or state employee or candidate for public office 132
shall solicit or accept anything of value, including, but not limited to, a 133
gift, loan, political contribution, reward or promise of future 134
employment based on any understanding that the vote, official action 135
or judgment of the public official or state employee or candidate for 136
public office would be or had been influenced thereby. 137
(h) Nothing in subsection (f) or (g) of this section shall be construed 138
(1) to apply to any promise made in violation of subdivision (6) of 139
section 9-622, or (2) to permit any activity otherwise prohibited in 140
section 53a-147 or 53a-148. 141
(i) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the official 142
or employee's immediate family or a business with which [he] the 143
person is associated shall enter into any contract with the state, valued 144
at one hundred dollars or more, other than a contract (A) of 145
employment as a state employee, (B) with the Technical Education and 146
Career System for students enrolled in a school in the system to 147
perform services in conjunction with vocational, technical, 148
technological or postsecondary education and training any such 149
student is receiving at a school in the system, subject to the review 150 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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process under subdivision (2) of this subsection, (C) with a public 151
institution of higher education to support a collaboration with such 152
institution to develop and commercialize any invention or discovery, 153
or (D) pursuant to a court appointment, unless the contract has been 154
awarded through an open and public process, including prior public 155
offer and subsequent public disclosure of all proposals considered and 156
the contract awarded. In no event shall an executive head of an agency, 157
as defined in section 4-166, including a commissioner of a department, 158
or an executive head of a quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-159
79, as amended by this act, or the executive head's immediate family or 160
a business with which [he] the person is associated enter into any 161
contract with [that] such agency or quasi-public agency. Nothing in 162
this subsection shall be construed as applying to any public official 163
who is appointed as a member of the executive branch or as a member 164
or director of a quasi-public agency and who receives no compensation 165
other than per diem payments or reimbursement for actual or 166
necessary expenses, or both, incurred in the performance of the public 167
official's duties unless such public official has authority or control over 168
the subject matter of the contract. Any contract made in violation of 169
this subsection shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction if 170
the suit is commenced not later than one hundred eighty days after the 171
making of the contract. 172
(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career 173
System shall establish an open and transparent process to review any 174
contract entered into under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this 175
subsection. 176
(j) No public official, state employee or candidate for public office, 177
or a member of any such person's staff or immediate family shall 178
knowingly solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined 179
in subdivision (5) of section 1-79, from a person known to be a 180
registrant or anyone known to be acting on behalf of a registrant. 181
(k) No public official, spouse of the Governor or state employee 182
shall accept a fee or honorarium for an article, appearance or speech, or 183 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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for participation at an event, in the public official's, spouse's or state 184
employee's official capacity, provided a public official, Governor's 185
spouse or state employee may receive payment or reimbursement for 186
necessary expenses for any such activity in his or her official capacity. 187
If a public official, Governor's spouse or state employee receives such a 188
payment or reimbursement for lodging or out-of-state travel, or both, 189
the public official, Governor's spouse or state employee shall, not later 190
than thirty days thereafter, file a report of the payment or 191
reimbursement with the Office of State Ethics, unless the payment or 192
reimbursement is provided by the federal government or another state 193
government. If a public official, Governor's spouse or state employee 194
does not file such report within such period, either intentionally or due 195
to gross negligence on the public official's, Governor's spouse's or state 196
employee's part, the public official, Governor's spouse or state 197
employee shall return the payment or reimbursement. If any failure to 198
file such report is not intentional or due to gross negligence on the part 199
of the public official, Governor's spouse or state employee, the public 200
official, Governor's spouse or state employee shall not be subject to any 201
penalty under this chapter. When a public official, Governor's spouse 202
or state employee attends an event in this state in the public official's, 203
Governor's spouse's or state employee's official capacity and as a 204
principal speaker at such event and receives admission to or food or 205
beverage at such event from the sponsor of the event, such admission 206
or food or beverage shall not be considered a gift and no report shall 207
be required from such public official, spouse or state employee or from 208
the sponsor of the event. 209
(l) No public official or state employee, or any person acting on 210
behalf of a public official or state employee, shall wilfully and 211
knowingly interfere with, influence, direct or solicit existing or new 212
lobbying contracts, agreements or business relationships for or on 213
behalf of any person. 214
(m) No public official or state employee shall knowingly solicit or 215
accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined in subdivision (5) of 216 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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section 1-79, from any person the public official or state employee 217
knows or has reason to know: (1) Is doing business with or seeking to 218
do business with the department or agency in which the public official 219
or state employee is employed; (2) is engaged in activities which are 220
directly regulated by such department or agency; or (3) is prequalified 221
under section 4a-100. No person shall knowingly give, directly or 222
indirectly, any gift or gifts in violation of this provision. For the 223
purposes of this subsection, the exclusion to the term "gift" in 224
subparagraph (L) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79 for a gift for the 225
celebration of a major life event shall not apply. Any person prohibited 226
from making a gift under this subsection shall report to the Office of 227
State Ethics any solicitation of a gift from such person by a [state 228
employee or] public official or state employee. 229
(n) (1) As used in this subsection, (A) "investment services" means 230
investment legal services, investment banking services, investment 231
advisory services, underwriting services, financial advisory services or 232
brokerage firm services, and (B) "principal of an investment services 233
firm" means (i) an individual who is a director of or has an ownership 234
interest in an investment services firm, except for an individual who 235
owns less than five per cent of the shares of an investment services 236
firm which is a publicly traded corporation, (ii) an individual who is 237
employed by an investment services firm as president, treasurer, or 238
executive or senior vice president, (iii) an employee of such an 239
investment services firm who has managerial or discretionary 240
responsibilities with respect to any investment services, (iv) the spouse 241
or dependent child of an individual described in this subparagraph, or 242
(v) a political committee established by or on behalf of an individual 243
described in this subparagraph. 244
(2) The State Treasurer shall not pay any compensation, expenses or 245
fees or issue any contract to any firm which provides investment 246
services when (A) a political committee, as defined in section 9-601, 247
established by such firm, or (B) a principal of the investment services 248
firm has made a contribution, as defined in section 9-601a, to, or 249 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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solicited contributions on behalf of, any exploratory committee or 250
candidate committee, as defined in section 9-601, established by the 251
State Treasurer as a candidate for nomination or election to the office 252
of State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall not pay any compensation, 253
expenses or fees or issue any contract to such firms or principals 254
during the term of office as State Treasurer, including, for an 255
incumbent State Treasurer seeking reelection, any remainder of the 256
current term of office. 257
(o) If (1) any person (A) is doing business with or seeking to do 258
business with the department or agency in which a public official or 259
state employee is employed, or (B) is engaged in activities which are 260
directly regulated by such department or agency, and (2) such person 261
or a representative of such person gives to such public official or state 262
employee anything of value which is subject to the reporting 263
requirements pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1-96, such person or 264
representative shall, not later than ten days thereafter, give such 265
recipient and the executive head of the recipient's department or 266
agency a written report stating the name of the donor, a description of 267
the item or items given, the value of such items and the cumulative 268
value of all items given to such recipient during that calendar year. 269
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a political 270
contribution otherwise reported as required by law. 271
(p) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the 272
immediate family of a public official or state employee shall knowingly 273
accept, directly or indirectly, any gift costing [one] five hundred 274
dollars or more in the aggregate during a calendar year from a public 275
official or state employee who is under the supervision of such public 276
official or state employee. 277
(2) No public official or state employee or member of the immediate 278
family of a public official or state employee shall knowingly accept, 279
directly or indirectly, any gift costing [one] five hundred dollars or 280
more in the aggregate during a calendar year from a public official or 281
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employee. 283
(3) No public official or state employee shall knowingly give, 284
directly or indirectly, any gift in violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of 285
this subsection. 286
(q) No public official or state employee shall intentionally counsel, 287
authorize or otherwise sanction action that violates any provision of 288
this part. 289
(r) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of 290
this section, a member of the faculty or a member of a faculty 291
bargaining unit of a constituent unit of the state system of higher 292
education may enter into a consulting agreement or engage in a 293
research project with a public or private entity, provided such 294
agreement or project does not conflict with the member's employment 295
with the constituent unit, as determined by policies established by the 296
board of trustees for such constituent unit. 297
(2) The board of trustees for each constituent unit of the state system 298
of higher education shall establish policies to ensure that any such 299
member who enters such a consulting agreement or engages in such a 300
research project (A) is not inappropriately using university proprietary 301
information in connection with such agreement or project, (B) does not 302
have an interest in such agreement or project that interferes with the 303
proper discharge of his or her employment with the constituent unit, 304
and (C) is not inappropriately using such member's association with 305
the constituent unit in connection with such agreement or project. Such 306
policies shall (i) establish procedures for the disclosure, review and 307
management of conflicts of interest relating to any such agreement or 308
project, (ii) require the approval by the chief academic officer of the 309
constituent unit, or his or her designee, prior to any such member 310
entering into any such agreement or engaging in any such project, and 311
(iii) include procedures that impose sanctions and penalties on any 312
member for failing to comply with the provisions of the policies. 313
Annually, the internal audit office of each constituent unit shall audit 314 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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the constituent unit's compliance with such policies and report its 315
findings to the committee of the constituent unit established pursuant 316
to subdivision (3) of this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, 317
"consulting" means the provision of services for compensation to a 318
public or private entity by a member of the faculty or member of a 319
faculty bargaining unit of a constituent unit of the state system of 320
higher education: (I) When the request to provide such services is 321
based on such member's expertise in a field or prominence in such 322
field, and (II) while such member is not acting in the capacity of a state 323
employee, and "research" means a systematic investigation, including, 324
but not limited to, research development, testing and evaluation, 325
designed to develop or contribute to general knowledge in the 326
applicable field of study. 327
(3) There is established a committee for each constituent unit of the 328
state system of higher education to monitor the constituent unit's 329
compliance with the policies and procedures described in subdivision 330
(2) of this subsection governing consulting agreements and research 331
projects with public or private entities by a member of the faculty or a 332
member of a faculty bargaining unit of such constituent unit. Each 333
committee shall consist of nine members as follows: (A) Three 334
members, appointed jointly by the Governor, the speaker of the House 335
of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the 336
majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of 337
the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the 338
minority leader of the Senate, who shall serve as members for each 339
such committee; (B) one member appointed by the chairperson of the 340
constituent unit's board of trustees from the membership of such 341
board; (C) the chief academic officer of the constituent unit, or his or 342
her designee; (D) three members appointed by the chief executive 343
officer of the constituent unit; and (E) one member appointed by the 344
chairperson of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board from the 345
membership of such board. Members shall serve for a term of two 346
years. Any vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority. Each 347
committee shall (i) review the annual reports submitted by the internal 348 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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audit office for the constituent unit, pursuant to subdivision (2) of this 349
subsection, (ii) make recommendations, annually, to the board of 350
trustees of the constituent unit concerning the policies and procedures 351
of the constituent unit established pursuant to subdivision (2) of this 352
subsection, including any changes to such policies and procedures, 353
and (iii) send a copy of such recommendations, in accordance with 354
section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General 355
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education 356
and government administration. 357
(4) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall 358
apply to any member of the faculty or member of a faculty bargaining 359
unit of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education who 360
enters such a consulting agreement or engages in such a research 361
project without prior approval, as described in subdivision (2) of this 362
subsection. 363
(s) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other 364
provision of this part, a state employee who is employed at a 365
constituent unit of the state system of higher education and a member 366
of the immediate family of such state employee may be employed in 367
the same department or division of such constituent unit, provided the 368
constituent unit has determined that procedures have been 369
implemented to ensure that any final decisions impacting the financial 370
interests of either such state employee, including decisions to hire, 371
promote, increase the compensation of or renew the employment of 372
such state employee, are made by another state employee who is not a 373
member of the immediate family of such state employee. 374
Sec. 4. Subdivision (16) of section 1-91 of the general statutes is 375
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 376
October 1, 2019): 377
(16) "Public official" means (A) any state-wide elected state officer, 378
(B) any member or member-elect of the General Assembly, (C) any 379
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branch of state government, with or without the advice and consent of 381
the General Assembly, by the Governor or any other state-wide elected 382
officer, [with or without the advice and consent of the General 383
Assembly,] (D) the spouse of the Governor, and (E) any person 384
appointed or elected by the General Assembly or any member of either 385
house thereof. [; but] "Public official" does not include a member of an 386
advisory board or a senator or representative in Congress. 387
Sec. 5. Subdivision (1) of section 1-101mm of the general statutes is 388
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 389
October 1, 2019): 390
(1) "Business with which the person is associated" means any sole 391
proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, trust or other entity 392
through which business for-profit or not-for-profit is conducted in 393
which the person or member of the immediate family of any person 394
who is an individual is a director, officer, owner, limited or general 395
partner, beneficiary of a trust or holder of stock constituting five per 396
cent or more of the total outstanding stock of any class, provided, a 397
person who is an individual or a member of the immediate family of 398
such individual shall not be deemed to be associated with a not-for-399
profit entity solely by virtue of the fact that such individual or 400
immediate family member is an unpaid director or officer of the not-401
for-profit entity. ["Officer" refers only to] "Business with which the 402
person is associated" also includes a second business held by the 403
business with which the person is associated, if the business with 404
which the person is associated is a director, officer, owner, limited or 405
general partner, beneficiary of a trust or holder of stock constituting 406
five per cent or more of the total outstanding stock of any class of such 407
second business. For the purposes of this subdivision, "officer" means 408
the president, executive or senior vice president or treasurer of such 409
business or any person who exercises exclusive control over such 410
business. 411
Sec. 6. Section 1-85 of the general statutes is repealed and the 412
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 413 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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A public official, including an elected state official, or state 414
employee has an interest which is in substantial conflict with the 415
proper discharge of his or her duties or employment in the public 416
interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of 417
this state, if [he] such official or employee has reason to believe or 418
expect that [he, his] such official or employee, such official's or 419
employee's spouse, [a] dependent child, or a business with which [he] 420
the person is associated will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a 421
direct monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of his or her official 422
activity. A public official, including an elected state official, or state 423
employee does not have an interest which is in substantial conflict 424
with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and 425
of his or her responsibilities as prescribed by the laws of this state, if 426
any benefit or detriment accrues to [him, his] such official or employee, 427
such official's or employee's spouse, [a] dependent child, or a business 428
with which [he, his] such official or employee, such official's or 429
employee's spouse or such dependent child is associated as a member 430
of a profession, occupation or group to no greater extent than any 431
other member of such profession, occupation or group. A public 432
official, including an elected state official or state employee who has a 433
substantial conflict may not take official action on the matter. 434
Sec. 7. Subsection (j) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is 435
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 436
October 1, 2019): 437
(j) No employee of the State Contracting Standards Board shall hold 438
another state or municipal position. No nonclerical employee of the 439
board or any spouse, child, stepchild, parent or sibling of such 440
employee, shall be associated with an enterprise that does business 441
with the state. For purposes of this subsection, "associated with" means 442
["business with which he is associated"] "business with which the 443
person is associated", as defined in section 1-79, as amended by this 444
act. Each member and employee of the State Contracting Standards 445
Board shall file, with the board and with the Office of State Ethics, a 446 Substitute Bill No. 7328
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statement of financial interests, as described in section 1-83. Such 447
statement shall be a public record. Such statements for the preceding 448
calendar year shall be filed with the Office of State Ethics, as required 449
by law, if such employee or member held such a position during the 450
preceding calendar year. 451
Sec. 8. Subsection (b) of section 7-148h of the general statutes is 452
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 453
October 1, 2019): 454
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal 455
charter or ordinance, [to the contrary,] an elected official of any town, 456
city, district or borough that has established a board, commission, 457
council, committee or other agency under subsection (a) of this section, 458
has an interest that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge 459
of the official's duties or employment in the public interest and of the 460
official's responsibilities as prescribed by the laws of this state, if the 461
official has reason to believe or expect that the official, the official's 462
spouse or dependent child, or a business with which [he] the person is 463
associated, as defined in section 1-79, as amended by this act, will 464
derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the 465
case may be, by reason of the official's official activity. Any such 466
elected official does not have an interest that is in substantial conflict 467
with the proper discharge of the official's duties in the public interest 468
and of the official's responsibilities as prescribed by the laws of this 469
state, if any benefit or detriment accrues to the official, the official's 470
spouse or dependent child, or a business with which [he, his] such 471
official or such official's spouse or such dependent child is associated 472
as a member of a profession, occupation or group to no greater extent 473
than to any other member of such profession, occupation or group. 474
Any such elected official who has a substantial conflict may not take 475
official action on the matter. 476
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 October 1, 2019 1-79(2)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 1-79(11)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 1-84
Sec. 4 October 1, 2019 1-91(16)
Sec. 5 October 1, 2019 1-101mm(1)
Sec. 6 October 1, 2019 1-85
Sec. 7 October 1, 2019 4e-2(j)
Sec. 8 October 1, 2019 7-148h(b)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 3(b), "his or her" was changed to "[his] such official's or state
employee's" and in section 3(f), "his or her" was changed to "[his] such
official's, employee's or candidate's" for consistency.
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