HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-025 PowellDear Mr. Powell:
I. Issue:
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
308 FINANCE BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120
OPINION OF THE COMMISSION
Before: Robert W. Brown, Vice Chair
G. Sieber Pancoast
Dennis C. Harrington
James M. Howley
Michael J. Washo
DATE DECIDED: October 26, 1989
DATE MAILED: November 8, 1989
Mr. Norbert J. Powell 89 - 025
Attorney at Law
520 A. Market Street
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
Re: Financial Interests Statement, Solicitor, Disclosure, Industrial
Development Authority, Investments, Law Practice.
This Opinion is issued in response to your request of September
15, 1989.
Whether the solicitor of an industrial development authority is
required to file a Statement of Financial Interests and, if so, what
disclosures are required relative to his law practice and investments.
II. Factual Basis for Determination:
You are employed as the solicitor for the Elk County Industrial
Development Authority which was created by the Elk County
Commissioners. In your private practice of law you have several
clients from whom you receive fees in excess of one thousand dollars
per year. You also have stock in at least two corporations that pay
dividends amounting to less than one thousand dollars per year. You
query whether you must file a Statement of Financial Interests and, if
so, what interests must be disclosed.
III. Discussion:
Section 4(a) of the Ethics Act provides in part as follows:
(a) Each public official of the Commonwealth
shall file a statement of financial interests for
Mr. Norbert J. Powell
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Commission within fifteen days of the mailing date of this Opinion.
The person requesting reconsideration should present a detailed
explanation setting forth the reasons why the Opinion requires
reconsideration.
By the Commission,
Robert W. Brown,
Vice Chair
James M. Howley did not participate in this decision.