Thursday, January 13, 2011
House Judiciary Committee Approves Ethics Bill
WEST VIRGINIA....
The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday requiring candidates to list their spouses’ sources of income and any business interests in which they or their spouses had earned at least $10,000 within the last year in campaign disclosure forms. The proposed law also prohibits lawmakers, elected officials and various government officials from lobbying state government within a year of leaving office. However, committee members removed language that would have prohibited a staff member of a constitutional officer, such as governor, from lobbying within the remainder of their term in office. The bill directs the ethics commission to publish financial disclosure statements of lawmakers and many other office seekers online and make the best effort to publish those of other candidates required to disclose their sources of income.
The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday requiring candidates to list their spouses’ sources of income and any business interests in which they or their spouses had earned at least $10,000 within the last year in campaign disclosure forms. The proposed law also prohibits lawmakers, elected officials and various government officials from lobbying state government within a year of leaving office. However, committee members removed language that would have prohibited a staff member of a constitutional officer, such as governor, from lobbying within the remainder of their term in office. The bill directs the ethics commission to publish financial disclosure statements of lawmakers and many other office seekers online and make the best effort to publish those of other candidates required to disclose their sources of income.
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