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State Ethics Commission
Quarterly Rulings for Second Quarter 2020
ADVICES (Ethics):
20-521 (Mahon): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon the
Superintendent of the Abington Heights School
District (“School District”) with regard to serving as a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Northern Tier
Industry and Education Consortium (“Consortium”),
which receives compensation from the School District
for providing services including workforce
development opportunities for the School District’s
students.
20-522: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon employment of the A
of the B within the C following termination of
Commonwealth employment.
20-523 (Picca): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon employment of an
Assistant Highway District Engineer following
termination of employment with the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”).
20-524 (Marlowe): Re: Whether, in your former capacity as a Bridge
and Structural Drafter for the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) under job
code 10780, you would be considered a “public
employee” subject to the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
and the Regulations of the State Ethics Commission,
51 Pa. Code § 11.1 et seq., such that the restrictions
of Section 1103(g) of the Ethics Act would now be
applicable to you.
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20-525 (Greiss): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon employment of an
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Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Intern following
termination of employment with the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”).
20-526 (Woods): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose requirements upon a Member of
Council for the Town of McCandless (“Town”) with
regard to disclosing her husband’s employment as the
Vice President of Supply Chain Management for the
Applied Products and Technology segment of Evoqua
Water Technologies, where: (1) Evoqua Water
Technologies makes products for wastewater
treatment; (2) the McCandless Township Sanitary
Authority provides wastewater services to the Town;
and (3) Town Council appoints Members to the Board
of the McCandless Township Sanitary Authority.
20-527 (Loperfito Toney): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon an
individual serving as a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Municipal Sanitary Authority of the
City of New Kensington with regard to simultaneously
serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Municipal Water Authority of the City of New
Kensington.
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