HB605 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Ethics Law, prohibition of public officials or public employees from serving in certain employment for two years after leaving employment, state certified water and waste water treatment plant operators exempt, Sec. 36-25-13 am'd.

Summary

The bill would exempt state-certified water and wastewater treatment plant operators from the revolving-door provisions of Alabama's State Ethics Law, with conditions for reemployment approval.

What This Bill Does

It removes water and wastewater operators from the standard two-year lobbying and related revolving-door restrictions after leaving government service, but only if their reemployment is deemed beneficial by their former employer and approved by the governing body of the water or wastewater system or local government. Other public officials and public employees would remain subject to the existing revolving-door rules. The bill keeps in place other ethics restrictions for non-exempt individuals, such as prohibitions on certain post-employment lobbying, contracting, and representing private clients in state matters.

Who It Affects

• State-certified water and wastewater treatment plant operators: exempt from revolving-door restrictions if reemployed and approved by the governing body.
• Public officials and public employees who are not water/wastewater operators: continue to be subject to the existing revolving-door restrictions.

Key Provisions

• Exempts state-certified water and wastewater treatment plant operators from the revolving-door provisions of the State Ethics Law.
• Requires that reemployment be deemed beneficial by the operator's previous employer and approved by the governing body of the water/wastewater system or the relevant local government (city council, county commission, water works board, or sewer board).
• Maintains the existing revolving-door restrictions for all other public officials and public employees (lobbying bans, post-employment restrictions, and prohibitions on certain employment with private entities in state matters).
• Effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Ethics