Amend the Senate Judiciary Committee Report, as and if amended, by striking lines 30-34 on page [3184-3] and inserting:
/ (2) The terms of the members serving on the State Ethics Commission as of March 30, 2017 shall end on March 31, 2017. A member who is serving at that time and who has not completed a full five year term may be reappointed pursuant to this subsection. The initial appointments for service to begin on April 1, 2017, shall be made as follows: /
To further amend the Senate Judiciary Committee Report, as and if amended, by striking lines 1-2 on page [3184-6] and inserting:
/ the commission, even in interim capacity, until he has been confirmed by the General Assembly. /
To further amend the Judiciary Committee Report, as and if amended, by striking subitem 8-13-310(E)(2), lines 17-23 on page [3184-6] and inserting:
/ (2) A commission member appointed by a legislative caucus of the Senate may be removed for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetency, absenteeism, conflicts of interest, misconduct, persistent neglect of duty in office, or incapacity upon a finding by the Senate Ethics Committee, and the concurrence of two-thirds of the membership of the Senate.
(3) A commission member appointed by a legislative caucus of the House of Representatives may be removed for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetency, absenteeism, conflicts of interest, misconduct, persistent neglect of duty in office, or incapacity upon a finding by the House Ethics Committee, and the concurrence of two-thirds of the membership of the House of Representatives." /
To further amend the Committee Report, as and if amended, by striking item 8-13-320(10)(g)(ii), lines 17-25, on page [3184-8] and inserting:
/ (ii) After a finding of probable cause, except for a technical violation pursuant to Section 8-13-1170 or 8-13-1372, the following documents become public record: the complaint, the response by the respondent, and the notice of hearing. If a hearing is held on the matter, the final order and all exhibits introduced at the hearing shall become public record upon issuance of the final order by the commission. Exhibits introduced must be redacted prior to release to exclude personal information where the public disclosure would constitute an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy. In the event a hearing is not held on a matter after a finding of probable cause, the final disposition of the matter becomes public record. /
To further amend the Committee Report, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION in PART II to read:
/ SECTION ___. Subsection 8-13-550(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
(B) Upon consideration of an ethics committee report by the House or the Senate, whether in executive or open session, the results of the consideration, except in the case of the issuance of a private reprimand, are a matter of public record. /
To further amend the Committee Report, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 61, beginning on line 37 on page [3184-45] and inserting:
/ SECTION 61. The provisions of PART II (State Ethics Commission and Ethics Committees) are effective as of April 1, 2017 and shall apply to complaints filed on or after April 1, 2017. However, the provisions in Section 8-13-310 regarding the selection of the initial members to serve on the State Ethics Commission as of April 1, 2017, and the termination of terms of the members serving on the commission as of March 31, 2017, take effect after the date of the Governor's signature for the limited purpose of having the initial members of the reconstituted State Ethics Commission begin service on April 1, 2017. The State Ethics Commission, House Ethics Committee and Senate Ethics Committee shall maintain jurisdiction over all open complaints and investigations pending in the appropriate entity on or before March 31, 2017. The reconstituted State Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over open complaints and investigations pending within the State Ethics Commission as of March 31, 2017. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.