Bill 80-18

FOR the purpose of amending certain definitions; amending prov1s1ons to meet requirements of or otherwise comport with State ethics law; adding a requirement for employee ethics training; adding provisions relating to issuance of informal advice by the Ethics Commission; amending certain time deadlines and monetary thresholds; amending provisions relating to dismissal of formal ethics complaints by the Ethics Commission; amending the list of individuals required to file financial disclosure statements with the Ethics Commission; repealing the requirement that certain documents submitted to the Ethics Commission be notarized; amending and transferring certain provisions relating to participation in procurement from the Public Ethics Article to the Purchasing Article; transferring certain provisions within the Public Ethics Article; removing obsolete and redundant provisions; correcting grammar, punctuation, citations, numbering, and terminology; and generally relating to public ethics.