Public Meeting Agenda - December 1, 2020

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STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
Event Café
Griffin Boardroom
206 3rd Street
New Cumberland, PA 17070 

Public Meeting Agenda
December 1, 2020
1:30 p.m.


Ethics Opinion:
1. Valentine, No. 20-051: Whether an individual who is a Pennsylvania Certified Sewage Enforcement Officer (“SEO”), and who previously provided SEO services to three particular townships (the “Townships”) in Pennsylvania as an employee of a private engineering firm (“Firm”) with which he is no longer associated, would be considered a “former public official” of the Townships, and therefore subject to the restrictions of Section 1103(g) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(g), where:  (1) each Township appointed the Firm as SEO, with one Township naming the individual as “the specific officer” in its approved motion; (2) an SEO is an “official” of the local agency(ies) served, 35 P.S. § 750.2; and (3) by law, where a local agency—such as a township—contracts with a company or corporation for SEO services, it has a duty to adopt by resolution a list of the individual SEOs employed by the company or corporation to perform SEO services, 35 P.S. § 750.8(b)(2.1).

Lobbying Opinion
2. Simpson, No. 20-1002: Whether the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s provision of continuing legal education (“CLE”) credit to a public official/public employee for the teaching of a CLE course would be reportable on the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s quarterly expense report filed pursuant to Pennsylvania’s Lobbying Disclosure Law, 65 Pa.C.S. § 13A01 et seq.


Administrative Matters:
3. Public Comment:  Receipt of testimony or input from persons or organizations which represent any individuals subject to the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act or from other interested parties.



State Ethics Commission Media Contacts

Mary W. Fox

Executive Director
State Ethics Commission Media