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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 107
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
ETHICS/CODE: Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and
the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to study financial
disclosure and ethics training requirements for elected officials who complete their
terms of office by serving a short period of time in the beginning of a year
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the2
Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a3
joint committee to study financial disclosure and ethics training requirements for the4
calendar year in which the terms of office end for elected officials whose terms end5
early in the calendar year.6
WHEREAS, the Code of Governmental Ethics requires each elected official in the7
state to file annual financial disclosure statements with the Board of Ethics; and8
WHEREAS, an elected official must file a financial disclosure statement each year9
during which he or she holds office and in the year following the termination of the holding10
of the office; and11
WHEREAS, the Code of Governmental Ethics requires each elected official in the12
state to receive one hour of education training on the code during each year of his term of13
office; and14
WHEREAS, the terms of office of many elected officials begin and end in January;15
and16
WHEREAS, the outgoing official under these circumstances serves a short period17
of time during that calendar year; and18 HLS 12RS-1007 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, this service appears to trigger the requirement that the official file a1
financial disclosure statement that year and the following year and may require the official2
to receive ethics training during that year.3
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby4
urge and request the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate5
Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee6
to study financial disclosure and ethics training requirements for the calendar year in which7
the terms of office end for elected officials whose terms end early in the calendar year.8
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hoffmann HCR No. 107
Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs and the Senate
Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to meet and function as a joint committee
to study financial disclosure and ethics training requirements for the calendar year in which
the terms of office end for elected officials whose terms end early in the calendar year.