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Commissioners amend ethics bill to delay effective date, add disclosure language; schedule another hearing
Summary
County attorneys and commissioners approved an amendment to Code Home Rule Bill 2-25 that changes its effective date to 45 days after passage and inserts clarifying disclosure language; a public commenter urged broader financial-disclosure rules and the board scheduled a follow-up hearing for Dec. 18.
Attorney Beaman offered and the commissioners approved an amendment to Code Home Rule Bill 2-25, the county's proposed update to local public-ethics rules, changing the bill's effective date from immediate to 45 days after passage and adding language to clarify disclosure of confidential information. Beaman said the changes were submitted to the State Ethics Commission for preliminary review and that the Attorney General's office had approved the amended language.
The amendment's key wording, as…
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