HB53 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, a retired director, department chief, or division chief of a governmental agency may not return to work or contract with the agency from which he or she retired for a period of two years following retirement

This bill would authorize, under limited circumstances, a retired director, department chief, or division chief to contract with his or her former government employer immediately following retirement for the specific purpose of assisting the governmental agency with the transition period following his or her retirement provided the contract is approved by the Director of the Ethics Commission

Additionally, this bill would specify that the prohibition against a former government official or employee serving as a lobbyist or otherwise representing clients before his or her former employee for a period of two years following employment applies when the former government official or employee worked pursuant to a consulting agreement or agency transfer or while on loan

Relating to the Ethics Law; to amend Section 36-25-13, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize, under limited circumstances, a retired director, department chief, or division chief of a governmental agency to contract with his or her former government employer for the specific purpose of providing assistance during the transitional period following retirement; and to specify that the prohibition against a former government official or employee serving as a lobbyist or otherwise representing clients before his or her former employee for a period of two years following employment applies when the former government official or employee worked pursuant to a consulting agreement or agency transfer or while on loan.