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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1016
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4020
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ETHICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
provisions of any special act, municipal charter or ordinance, not later 2
than October 1, 2022, each municipality shall adopt and maintain a code 3
of ethics. Any municipality that has adopted a code of ethics prior to 4
January 1, 2022, shall not be required to adopt a new code of ethics 5
under this section. Any municipality that adopts provisions of the 6
model municipal code of ethics, developed by the Office of State Ethics 7
under subsection (b) of this section, on or before October 1, 2022, and 8
thereafter maintains such provisions, shall be deemed in compliance 9
with the requirements of this section. 10
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Office of State Ethics, in 11
consultation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and 12
Connecticut Council of Small Towns, shall develop and publish on its 13
Internet web site a model municipal code of ethics which may be 14
adopted by municipalities. The office shall update such model 15 Raised Bill No. 1016
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municipal code of ethics as the office deems necessary. 16
(c) Not later than January 15, 2023, each municipality shall submit a 17
notice to the Office of State Ethics certifying whether the municipality 18
has complied with the requirements of this section. Such notice shall 19
include a copy of such municipality's code of ethics. 20
Sec. 2. (Effective January 1, 2022) Not later than January 1, 2024, the 21
Office of State Ethics shall submit a report, in accordance with the 22
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 23
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 24
relating to ethics. Such report shall indicate the status of the compliance 25
of each municipality with the requirements of section 1 of this act. 26
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2022) The Office of State Ethics may, 27
within available appropriations, conduct a municipal ethics education 28
program for municipal officials or employees or for organizations made 29
up of municipal members. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 3 January 1, 2022 New section
GAE Joint Favorable