HB278 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would substantially revise the Ethics Law to: Revise the categories for reporting on the statement of economic interests; provide further for the appointment and confirmation of members of the Ethics Commission; allow four members of the commission to institute a complaint; broaden the definition of lobbying to include the executive branch; provide further for the definitions of family member of a public employee, personal gain, sphere of influence, and confidential information; and provide for the filing of electronic reports with the commission, and require mandatory ethics training for public officials, public employees, and lobbyists

To amend Sections 36-25-1, 36-25-3, as amended by Act 225, 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 401), 36-25-4, 36-25-5, 36-25-10, 36-25-14, 36-25-18, 36-25-19, and 36-25-20, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Ethics Law; to revise the categories for reporting on the statement of economic interests, provide further for the appointment and confirmation of members of the Ethics Commission, allow four members of the commission to institute a complaint, broaden the definition of lobbying to include the executive branch. provide further for the definitions of family member of a public employee, personal gain, sphere of influence, and confidential information, provide for the filing of electronic reports with the commission, and require mandatory ethics training for public officials, public employees, and lobbyists.