Sentences with phrase «state ethics laws»

The commission investigates potential violations of state ethics laws by state employees and elected officials.

Due to a series of changes in state ethics laws, officials now need to disclose more — though not all — information about clients they represent.

18) Louisiana: Auditors have raised concerns about financial management at the Central City charter school, «whose chief financial officer has been accused of violating state ethics law for being paid on the side to do accounting work.

The law is quite clear — and the mandatory training reinforced this over and over again — that the moment she put herself forward as a candidate for an elected judicial position she was subject to state ethics laws for judges and judicial candidates.

(CNN)- Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated state ethics laws by letting supporters set up a legal defense fund to help her battle ethics complaints, a preliminary report on the issue has found.

He also sought an opinion from the Commission on Public Integrity, which regulates compliance with state ethics laws.

While a federal lawsuit unfolds, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed not to enforce certain provisions of a new state ethics law passed requiring charitable organizations giving money to lobbying campaigns to disclose far more of their donors, according to the plaintiffs in the suit.

Until the Virginia General Assembly moved last year to tighten state ethics laws — prohibiting any single lobbyist, in most circumstances, from giving an elected official more than $ 100 in gifts each year — it was common practice for state lawmakers to accept gifts, at times worth more than $ 10,000.

State ethics laws do not require him to provide any details about what he does, who his clients are or even if he has any clients at all.

As noted by the pre-eminent ethics scholar in the state, Mark Davies, director of the New York City Ethics Board and drafter of the New York State ethics law, neither Judge Lama nor any ethics board member had any discretion over this matter.

Runes consulted a lawyer who specialized in state ethics laws without mentioning Silver.

Bamberger says he isn't doing any lobbying for the group (he's prohibited by state ethics laws from doing so) but said the new advocacy group has retained its own lobbying firm, Bogdan, Lasky & Frazier LLC.

This afternoon State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that he was passing off the responsibility of investigating David Paterson's reported attempt to influence court proceedings against one of his own aides and his reported violation of state ethics laws regarding a few Yankees tickets.

(CNN)- The South Carolina Ethics Commission has charged Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of violating state ethics laws, according to a complaint released by the commission on Monday.

We believe this is a big mistake and further undermine the credibility of an agency that has struggled to independently and effectively investigate and enforce violations of state ethics laws by the governor, legislature, state employees, and lobbyists.

After he was elected to the Senate, Mr. Kaine publicly urged the Virginia legislature to tighten state ethics laws, saying he had concluded that the more stringent rules in Congress were appropriate.

The Daily News reports on Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. — who has already been accused of corruption by the U.S. Attorney's Office and violating state ethics laws by the Legislative Ethics Committee — owes more than $ 21,350 in unpaid penalties to the Board of Elections for failing to file financial statements, according to Board spokesman John Conklin.

Throwing cold water on the idea is likely the state ethics law that past last year come into effect, lawmakers will have divulge more information about their outside income and the work they do in the private sector.

«If Lieutenant Gov. Duffy indeed failed to disclose the nature of his relationship with the Rochester Business Alliance to Gov. Cuomo, that would represent a major violation of state ethics laws.

State ethics law and JobsOhio policy require JobsOhio directors to disclose potential conflicts of interest and then the disinterested directors determine whether a conflict exists.

We believe this is a big mistake and further undermine the credibility of an agency that has struggled to independently and effectively investigate and enforce violations of state ethics laws by the governor, legislature, state employees, and -LSB-...]

The trial has arguably exposed other violations of state ethics laws, but the enforcement of some of those laws is notoriously lax — and virtually all of the major corruption cases brought against New York state officials in recent years have come from the Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office and not state or county law enforcement.

The state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which polices violations of state ethics law, is effectively controlled by Cuomo's office.

And seemingly in response to the recent arrests of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Oyster Bay Mayor John Venditto, Cuomo called for individuals elected to local governments to be subjected to state ethics laws.

Offering Senate jobs to Espada as an inducement to recover his loyalty could be illegal under a state ethics law that prohibits gifts in exchange for official action, legal experts said.

But the report from the IG's office notes that PSC workers seemed unaware of a 2008 change to the state ethics law that tightened the rules for accepting gifts.

Cuomo called on lawmakers to agree to pass measures that include efforts to combat the heroin epidemic, increase access to breast cancer prevention and treatment, pass «comprehensive» reforms to state ethics laws, better regulate super PACs, improve rail crossing safety, and back updates to the state's liquor laws.

Meanwhile, the chair of the State's Republican Party, Ed Cox, says Governor Cuomo's anti corruption Moreland Act Commission should investigate Duffy for a «possible violation of state ethic laws».

The head of Gov. David Paterson's security detail, Maj. Charles Day, has not only been transferred in the wake of the Kaye report, but also faces potential charges for violating state ethics laws.

«Even when compared to the rest of the nation, New York's ethics enforcement ranks poorly: In a 2012 comparison of state ethics laws, New York's ethics enforcement received a grade of «F,»» the groups wrote.

Well, that's not good enough for the Public Integrity Commission, which today charged Paterson with violating state ethics laws.

Cuomo said the deal represented the latest improvement to state ethics laws under his watch, and was in response to the arrest and indictment of former speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat charged with taking $ 3.9 million in kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

However, in the governor's eagerness to get down there and help out, apparently liberties were taken with the state ethics laws.

The Board ruled in July that Edsall's employment, as a member of the staff under his father, coach Randy Edsall, violated state ethics laws.

ALBANY — Two powerful state investigative agencies announced new inquiries Wednesday into the inner workings of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York amid accusations that the foundation's president violated state ethics laws.

I mean, part of the problem we've seen in Albany is that, other than the U.S. Attorney, there really hasn't been the sort of independent enforcement of the state ethics laws that we believe needs to be done.»

During the first legislative session after her election as governor, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.

Asked whether the group should voluntarily disclose where its money comes from, Mr. Cuomo responded by noting that an overhaul of the state ethics law for which he won passage last year will require the disclosure of donors in the future.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans are drafting language on changes to state ethics laws, including a proposal to disclose some law clients, indicating they are close to reaching agreement with Democrats.

But the report also said Palin had abused her power as governor, and had violated state ethics law.

Governor Bob Taft, who was convicted of violating state ethics laws, appointed her to the state Senate.

Before his tenure as governor ended in 2011, 13 complaints had been filed against Mr. Perdue with the State Ethics Commission, which on two occasions ruled that the governor had violated state ethics laws.

Meanwhile, the chair of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, says Cuomo's anti-corruption Moreland Act Commission should investigate Duffy for a possible violation of state ethic laws.

(Reuters)-- Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, under political siege from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats after admitting to numerous violations of state ethics laws, announced on Friday that he would resign effective February 1.

BY STEVE BARNES LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:04 pm EST (Reuters)-- Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, under political siege from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats after admitting to numerous violations of state ethics laws, announced on Friday -LSB-...]