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State Ethics Commission
Quarterly Rulings for Third Quarter 2006
ADVICES (Ethicsl:
06-570 (Hammond): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of an
Environmental Planner 2 following termination of
service with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Transportation ("PennDOT").
06-571 (Zamolyi): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
would present any restrictions upon employment of an
Information Management Coordinator, classified as
an Administrative Officer 1 under job code 08630,
following termination of service with the Bureau of
Integrated Enterprise System within the Office of
Administration.
06-572 (Scuoteguazza): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of a
Historic Preservation Specialist following termination
of service with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Transportation ("PennDOT").
06-573 (Shiffer): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
imposes any prohibition or restrictions upon an
accounts payable technician employed by a county
controller's office from simultaneously serving as a tax
collector for a township in that county.
06-574 (Gvozdich, Jr.): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act, 65 Pa C. S. S 1101 et seq., presents any
prohibition or restrictions upon a part-time municipal
solicitor who is an independent contractor for a
township and is also a part-time solicitor retained by a
redevelopment authority - as opposed to being an
employee of either governmental body - with regard
to the solicitor granting an easement over his own
property to a company that is building a pipeline that
will subsequently be conveyed to the Authority.
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06-575 (Conner):
06-576 (Boston, Jr.):
06-577 (Fecek):
06-578 (Kauffman):
06-579 (Johnson):
06-580 (Greenlee):
06-581 (Suhoskey):
Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq., presents
any prohibition or restrictions upon two borough
council members from voting upon a proposed non-
uniformed borough employees pension plan in which
one council member's daughter and one council
member's sister, as non-uniformed borough
employees, would be eligible to participate.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of a
Legislative Liaison 3 following termination of service
with the Department of Community and Economic
Development.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of a Civil
Engineer following termination of service with the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Transportation ("PennDOT").
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
imposes any prohibition or restrictions upon a
township secretary/treasurer from simultaneously
working part-time for the tax collector for that
township.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of a Local
Government Policy Specialist following termination of
service with the Department of Community and
Economic Development, Governor's Center for Local
Government Services.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any prohibition or restrictions upon an
accountant who retired from employment with an
authority board from being appointed to serve as an
authority board member.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
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06-582 (Krier):
06-583:
06-584 (Spencer):
06-585 (Puppio, Jr.):
06-586 (Munizza):
presents any restrictions upon employment of a
Senior Civil Engineer-Transportation following
termination of service with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation
("PennDOT").
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any prohibition or restrictions upon an
Authority from entering into a lease for office space
with a limited liability corporation that has three
members, one of which is another limited liability
corporation owned by two sons of the chairman of the
Authority.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon employment of an A,
who is employed by Commonwealth Agency B but is
on a special assignment with Bureau C within Office
D, following termination of service with the
Commonwealth.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
presents any restrictions upon a person who is retired
and receives a pension from a city from being
appointed to serve as a member or director of a city
board, commission or authority, and whether a person
who retired from employment with an authority may
serve on the board of the authority from which he or
she retired.
Re: Whether, pursuant to the Public Official and
Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. SS
1104-1105, an attorney who is: (1) a county council
person; (2) a principal in a law firm (the "Firm"); and
(3) the primary attorney handling the work for certain
municipal/school district solicitorships of the Firm,
would be required to disclose such municipalities and
school districts as sources of income on his
Statement of Financial Interests when the Firm, not
the attorney, is the designated solicitor and all fees
generated from the Firm's solicitorships are deposited
in the general operating account of the Firm.
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
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06-587 (Cernic, Jr.):
ORDERS (Ethicsl:
1392-R (Volansky):
1396 (McQuown):
1397 (McGraw):
1398 (Matyas):
1399 (Herron):
1400 (Hallman, III):
presents any restrictions upon employment of a
Senior Civil Engineer Supervisor following termination
of service with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Transportation ("PennDOT").
Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 PaC.S. S 1101 et seq.,
would impose any prohibitions, restrictions, or
financial disclosure requirements upon a county
controller who also serves on the county retirement
board with regard to using complimentary travel and
lodging offered to him as the winner of a drawing at a
Pennsylvania Association of Public Employee
Retirement Systems ("PAPERS") conference, when:
(1) the complimentary travel and lodging would be for
attendance at an out-of-state informational
conference pertaining to pension funds and
obligations of retirement board members; (2) the
donor of the prize would be PAPERS, an association
that includes both public retirement systems and
service providers as members; and (3) the out-of-
state conference would be produced by a conference
organizer that had involvement in organizing PAPERS
and that produces the PAPERS annual conference.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
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1401:
This is a preliminary determination of the State Ethics
Commission as to wrongful use of the Public Official
and Employee Ethics Act, Act 9 of 1989, P.L. 26, 65
P.S. S 401 et seq., as codified by Act 93 of 1998,
Chapter 11, 65 Pa. C. S. S 1101 et seq., which Acts
are hereinafter referred to as the "Ethics Act."
1402 (Hoover): This IS a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1403 (Nagele, Jr.): This IS a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1404 (Warner): This IS a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1405 (Gould): This IS a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1406 (Thebes): This IS a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
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