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Home My WebLink About2nd Qtr 2022 INDEX State Ethics Commission Quarterly Rulings for Second Quarter 2022 ADVICES (Ethics): 22-517: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would prohibit you from accepting employment with the \[ENTITY\] following termination of your employment as a \[POSITION\] for the \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\] of the \[POLITICAL SUBDIVISION\]? 22-518: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon an individual formerly employed as a \[POSITION\] with the \[UNIT\] of the \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\] with regard to performing the duties of her new position as a \[POSITION\] for a \[ENTITY\]? 22-519: Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., prohibit an individual serving as a Member of the \[BOARD\] of the \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\] from: (1) serving on the board of a \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] that seeks to \[ACHIEVE A CERTAIN GOAL\] in \[A PARTICULAR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION\]; or (2) engaging in \[TYPE OF ACTIVITIES\] for the \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] as either a member of the board of the \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] or a private supporter with no formal connection to the \[TYPE OF ENTITY\]? 22-520 (Lund): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon you with regard to performing work for a new employer during the first year following termination of your employment as a Deputy General Manager for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (“SEPTA”)? 22-521 (Balent): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., - 1 - would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon an individual serving as a Borough Councilman with regard to voting on the hiring of his daughter for the position of Zoning Officer. . 22-522-(Huffman): Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., prohibit an individual serving in various public capacities with the Town of Greenville from working part-time as a registered lobbyist in Ohio? OPINIONS (ETHICS): 22-004 (Urbanic): 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 who is employed as the 311 Manager of the 311 Response Center of the City of Pittsburgh with regard to receiving compensation from a consulting firm for reviewing a proposal that the consulting firm plans to submit to Madison, Wisconsin, in relation to 311 (i.e., non-emergency) citizen support services. 22-005 (Jones): Re: Whether an individual employed as the Chief Mechanic/Plant Process Chief for the Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority 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., and particularly, the requirements for filing Statements of Financial Interests. 22-007: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon a Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly (the “State Legislator”) — specifically a Member of the \[CHAMBER\] — who in a private capacity is the \[POSITION\] and \[OFFICER\] of a \[TYPE OF FIRM\], with regard to: 22-008 (Hazelwood): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would prohibit Pennsylvania State Representatives (“State Representatives”), who are Members of the Democratic Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of - 2 - Representatives, from using public funds to pay expenses for the following: (1) Postage, printing, the transmission of electronic mail and robotic telephone calls for otherwise permissible mass communication to residents of their “new” legislative districts in which the State Representatives would reside as determined by the final Reapportionment Plan of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court or otherwise having the force of law; and (2) The conduct of town halls, fairs and other types of legislative events in their “new” legislative districts. 22-009: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon a Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly (the “State Legislator”) — specifically a Member of the \[CHAMBER\] — who will be leaving public office on \[DATE 1\], with regard to: (1) Entering into an employment contract with a \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] prior to \[DATE 1\], for employment that would begin on \[DATE 2\]; (2) Performing the duties of his public position as a State Legislator during the time period between the execution of an employment contract with the \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] and \[DATE 1\]; or (3) Performing work for the \[TYPE OF ENTITY\] following \[DATE 1\]. ORDERS (Ethics): 1799-(Como): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1800-(Adamson): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1801-(Estabrook): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission - 3 - 1802- (Yoder): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission ORDERS (SFI): 722-S (Price): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 723-S (Edwards): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 724-S (Norris): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 725-S (Miller): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 726-S (Senott): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 727-S (Galiotto): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. - 4 - 728-S (Broady): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 729-S (Martin): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 730-S (Watts): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. 711-S (Villeneuve): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and 1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq. Orders (Lobby): 152-SL (Free Lib. Phil.): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics 153-SL (Beaver Inst..): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics - 5 -