HomeMy WebLinkAbout178 CorriganMr. Thomas Corrigan
211 Monroe Street
Bristol, PA 19007
Re: #82 -28 -C
Dear Mr. Corrigan:
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
308 FINANCE BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120
ORDER OF THE COMMISSION
February 28, 1983
Order No. 178
The State Ethics Commission has received a complaint regarding you and a
possible violation of Act 170 of 1978. The Commission has now completed its
investigation. The individual allegations, conclusions and findings on which
those conclusions are based are as follows:
I. Allegation: That you failed to disclose real estate interest and income
from same on your Financial Interest Statement filed January 29, 1981.
A. Findings:
1. As a borough councilperson you are a public official and subject to the
requirements of the Ethics Act.
2. You filed a Financial Interest Statement which was dated January 29, 1981
and contained information for calendar year 1980.
3. Item3 on that statement contained a listing of "1414 & 1416 Farragut
Avenue, Bristol, PA ". The item was lined through and the word "omit" written
after it. This was personal real estate and did not involve a real estate
transaction with the Commonwealth or any politigal subdivision. 1
4. You received income from this real estate but did not realize a profit of
$500.00 or more.
5. You did not report this real estate as a source of income on Item 15 of
the Financial Interest Statement because you had not realized adjusted gross
income of $.500.00 or more from this property.
Thomas Corrigan
February 28, 1983
Page 2
6. There is no evidence of real estate transactions with the Commonwealth or
any other political subdivisions.
Discussion: Section 5(b)(3) of the Ethics Act requires:
Any direct or indirect interest in any real estate which
was sold or leased to the Commonwealth, any of its
agencies or political subdivisions; purchased or leased
from the Commonwealth, any of its agencies or political
subdivisions; or which was the subject of any
condemnation proceedings by the Commonwealth, any of its
agencies or political subdivisions. 65 PS. 404(5)(b)(3).
The property on Farragut Avenue was not one that involved the
Commonwealth or a political subdivision and you were correct in omitting it
from Item 13 on the Financial Interest Statement.
Section 5(b)(5) of the Act requires reporting of all sources of income of
$500.00 or more. The regulations of the State Ethics Commision in effect at
the time you filed defined "income" as adjusted gross income. You did not
realize $500.00 or more of adjusted gross income from this real estate and
thus were not required to report it as a source of income.
Conclusion: You did not violate the Ethics Act by omitting a listing of the
property on Farragut Avenue because this was neither real estate involving
transactions with the Commonwealth, its agencies or political subdivisions or
a source of income of $500.00 or more.
Our files in this case will remain confidential in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Ethics Act, 65 P.S. 408(a). However, this Order is final
and will bk made available as a public document within 15 days after service
unless you file documentation with the Commission which justifies
reconsideration and /or challenges pertinent factual findings. See 51 Pa. Code
2.38. During this 15 -day period, no one, including the Respondent unless he
waives his right to challenge this Order, may violate this confidentiality by
releasing, discussing or circulating this Order.
Any person who violates the confidentiality of a Commission proceeding
is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1000 or
imprisoned for not more than one year or both, see 65 P.S. 409(e).
PJS /jc
By the Commission,
.Piul J. TIM
Chairman