File #: O-1-18    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 12/20/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/26/2018 Final action: 2/26/2018
Title: Public Ethics and Financial Disclosure - For the purpose of updating and amending the Ethics Code of Annapolis pursuant to the passage of HB 1386, effective October 1, 2017 and HB 879, effective January 1, 2019; clarifying certain definitions; ensuring City officials and employees are aware of their responsibilities pursuant to the Ethics Code; extending conflict of interest provisions to include lobbyists; amending the use of prestige of office restrictions; changing current policy regarding the reviewing and copying of financial disclosure statements by the public; removing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members from the financial disclosure filing requirements in accordance with recently enacted state law; making minor editorial changes; and matters generally relating to updating and amending the Ethics Code.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley, Fred Paone
Indexes: Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-1-18 Ethics Code Amendments Ordinance.pdf, 2. O-1-18 Ethics Code Staff Report.pdf, 3. O-1-18 Ethics Code Amendments Summary.pdf, 4. O-1-18 Ethics Commission Summary of Proposed Code Changes.pdf, 5. O-1-18 Fiscal Impact.pdf, 6. O-1-18 State Ethics and Rules Cmte Proposed Amendments.pdf, 7. O-1-18 SIGNED.pdf
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Public Ethics and Financial Disclosure - For the purpose of updating and amending the Ethics Code of Annapolis pursuant to the passage of HB 1386, effective October 1, 2017 and HB 879, effective January 1, 2019; clarifying certain definitions; ensuring City officials and employees are aware of their responsibilities pursuant to the Ethics Code; extending conflict of interest provisions to include lobbyists; amending the use of prestige of office restrictions; changing current policy regarding the reviewing and copying of financial disclosure statements by the public; removing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members from the financial disclosure filing requirements in accordance with recently enacted state law; making minor editorial changes; and matters generally relating to updating and amending the Ethics Code.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 1-18

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley and Alderman Paone

Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Public Ethics and Financial Disclosure

FOR the purpose of updating and amending the Ethics Code of Annapolis pursuant to the passage of HB 1386, effective October 1, 2017 and HB 879, effective January 1, 2019; clarifying certain definitions; ensuring City officials and employees are aware of their responsibilities pursuant to the Ethics Code; extending conflict of interest provisions to include lobbyists; amending the use of prestige of office restrictions; changing current policy regarding the reviewing and copying of financial disclosure statements by the public; removing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members from the financial disclosure filing requirements in accordance with recently enacted state law; making minor editorial changes; and matters generally relating to updating and amending the Ethics Code.

BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2018 Edition
2.08.020
2.08.030
2.08....

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