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Office of State Ethics urges committee to extend conflict rules to officials' nonstate employers
Summary
The Office of State Ethics told the Government Oversight Committee that House Bill 6931 would close a loophole that allows public officials to take official action that benefits their private (nonstate) employer or their spouse's employer, while adding disclosure options and a narrow "actual knowledge" standard for elected officials.
Representative Dathan and the Government Oversight Committee heard testimony on Feb. 18 on House Bill 6931, which would expand Connecticut's code of ethics to cover conflicts tied to a public official's nonstate employer and to the nonstate employer of an official's spouse.
The bill "makes necessary revisions to the code of ethics for public officials by extending the conflicts of interests provisions to public officials and state employees' non state employer," Peter Lewandowski, executive director of the Office of State Ethics, told the committee. He said the change would amend provisions now in Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-85 and §1-86.
Lewandowski said the bill is intended to close a current loophole that allows a public official or state employee to take official action that provides a direct financial…
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