OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-1016
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ETHICS.
Primary Analyst: CP 4/9/21
Contributing Analyst(s): DC
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
State Ethics, Off. GF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
Section 1 of the bill requires, by January 1, 2022, the Office of State
Ethics (OSE), in consultation with the Connecticut Conference of
Municipalities and Connecticut Council of Small Towns, to develop
and publish on its website a model municipal code of ethics which
may be adopted by municipalities. The bill further requires, by
October 1, 2022, that each municipality adopts and maintains a code of
ethics. It exempts the requirement for municipalities that have adopted
an ethics code prior to January 1, 2022. Finally, this section requires
each municipality to submit a notice to OSE certifying whether it has
complied with the requirements of this section by January 15, 2023. No
fiscal impact is anticipated as a result of this section of the bill.
Section 2 requires OSE to submit a report to the General Assembly
indicating the status of the compliance of each municipality with the
requirements of section 1 of this bill by no later than January 1, 2024.
No fiscal impact is anticipated as a result of this provision.
Section 3 allows OSE to conduct a municipal ethics education
program for municipal officials or employees or for organizations 2021SB-01016-R000456-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
made up of municipal members. Depend ing on the number of
municipal ethics education programs conducted, OSE may need
additional resources to fulfill this provision of the bill.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation.