Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1016
8	7		January Session, 2021
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12		-	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
13		-	~~ADMINISTRATION~~ AND ELECTIONS
	11	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	12	+	AND ELECTIONS
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21	21		AN ACT CONCERNING MU NICIPAL ETHICS.
22	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23		Assembly convened:
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25	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
26	26		provisions of any special act, municipal charter or ordinance, not later 2
27	27		than October 1, 2022, each municipality shall adopt and maintain a code 3
28	28		of ethics. Any municipality that has adopted a code of ethics prior to 4
29	29		January 1, 2022, shall not be required to adopt a new code of ethics 5
30	30		under this section. Any municipality that adopts provisions of the 6
31	31		model municipal code of ethics, developed by the Office of State Ethics 7
32	32		under subsection (b) of this section, on or before October 1, 2022, and 8
33	33		thereafter maintains such provisions, shall be deemed in compliance 9
34	34		with the requirements of this section. 10
35	35		(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Office of State Ethics, in 11
36	36		consultation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and 12
37	37		Connecticut Council of Small Towns, shall develop and publish on its 13
38	38		Internet web site a model municipal code of ethics which may be 14
39	39		adopted by municipalities. The office shall update such model 15 Raised Bill No. 1016
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46	45		municipal code of ethics as the office deems necessary. 16
47	46		(c) Not later than January 15, 2023, each municipality shall submit a 17
48	47		notice to the Office of State Ethics certifying whether the municipality 18
49	48		has complied with the requirements of this section. Such notice shall 19
50	49		include a copy of such municipality's code of ethics. 20
51	50		Sec. 2. (Effective January 1, 2022) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 21
52	51		Office of State Ethics shall submit a report, in accordance with the 22
53	52		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 23
54	53		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 24
55	54		relating to ethics. Such report shall indicate the status of the compliance 25
56	55		of each municipality with the requirements of section 1 of this act. 26
57	56		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2022) The Office of State Ethics may, 27
58	57		within available appropriations, conduct a municipal ethics education 28
59	58		program for municipal officials or employees or for organizations made 29
60	59		up of municipal members. 30
61	60		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
62	61		sections:
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64	63		Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
65	64		Sec. 2 January 1, 2022 New section
66	65		Sec. 3 January 1, 2022 New section
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68		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	67	+	Statement of Purpose:
	68	+	To require every municipality to adopt a code of ethics and the Office of
	69	+	State Ethics to develop a model municipal code of ethics for
	70	+	municipalities to adopt.
	71	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	72	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	73	+	underlined.]
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