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HomeMy WebLinkAbout861-2 Terry PainterSTATE ETHICS COMMISSION 308 FINANCE BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120 In Re: Terry Painter File Docket: 87 -066 -C Date Decided: 02/23/95 Date Mailed: 03/10/95 Before: Daneen E. Reese, Chair Roy W. Wilt Austin M. Lee Allan M. Rluger John R. Showers Rev. Joseph G. Quinn Boyd E. Wolff This adjudication of the State Ethics Commission is issued in compliance with an order of remand by the Commonwealth Court in Rebottini et al v. SEC, Pa. Commw. Ct. , 634 A.2d 743 (1993). Following issuance of Painter, Order 861 by the State Ethics Commission on September 18, 1992, an appeal was filed with Commonwealth Court. In the subsequent decision of the Commonwealth Court, it was held that a violation of Section 3(a) of Act 170 of 1978 occurred as to certain actions of Painter relative to WWMA service, that no restitution be imposed and that the case be remanded to the State Ethics Commission for further proceeding consistent with the Opinion. Petitions for allocatur were filed by Painter and the State Ethics Commission to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which petitions were denied in Painter and Mance v. SEC, at 727 W.D. Allocatur Docket, 1993 and SEC v. Rebottini, Painter, Rhodes and Mance, at 581 M.D. Allocatur Docket, 1993 by Orders of December 15, 1994. This adjudication is issued in conformity with the decision of Commonwealth Court which is now final. In Re: Terry Painter File Docket: 87 -066 -C Date Decided: 02/23/95 Date Mailed: 03/10/95 ORDER NO. 861 -2 1. Terry Painter as a member of the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority (WWMA) violated Section 3(a) of Act 170 of 1978 when he used public office to obtain a financial gain for himself which was other than compensation provided for by law when he voted to set his salary in 1986 and 1987 as a board member of the WWMA as per the Opinion and Order of Commonwealth Court in Rebottini et al v. SEC, Pa. Commw. Ct. , 634 A.2d 743 (1993). BY THE COMMISSION, teaAtisA06 DANEEN E. REESE, CHAIR Commissioner Austin M. Lee abstained as to decision of this matter.