Section 1-96. – Financial reports of registrants. Requirements.
(a) Each client lobbyist registrant shall file with the Office of State Ethics between the first and tenth day of April, July and January a financial report, signed under penalty of false statement. The April and July reports shall cover its lobbying activities during the previous calendar quarter and the January report shall cover its […]
Section 1-96a. – Maintenance of substantiating documents. Random audits of registrants.
(a) Each registrant shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, receipts and other documents necessary to substantiate the financial reports required by section 1-96 for a period of three years from the date of the filing of the report referring to such financial matters, provided this section shall apply to each expenditure for the benefit […]
Section 1-96b. – Filing of registrants' financial reports in electronic form.
Each registrant required to file any financial reports under section 1-96 shall do so in electronic form using the software created by the Office of State Ethics for that purpose or another software program which meets specifications prescribed by the Office of State Ethics. (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-5, S. 5, 19; P.A. 02-89, […]
Section 1-96c. – Public access to computerized data from financial reports.
On and after January 1, 1999, the Office of State Ethics shall make all computerized data from financial reports required by section 1-96 available to the public through (1) a computer terminal in the office of the Office of State Ethics, and (2) the Internet or any other generally available on-line computer network. (June 18 […]
Section 1-96d. – Statement whether expenditures for legislative reception are reportable.
Each registrant or business organization that hosts a legislative reception to which all members are invited, or all members of a region in the state, as such term is used in subparagraph (K) of subdivision (7) of section 1-91, are invited, shall include in its invitation or any published notice of such reception whether the […]
Section 1-96e. – Statements of necessary expenses paid or reimbursed by registrants.
Each registrant who pays or reimburses a public official or state employee ten dollars or more for necessary expenses, as defined in section 1-79, shall, within forty-five days, file a statement with the Office of State Ethics indicating the name of such individual and the amount of the expenses. (P.A. 89-97, S. 4; June 12 […]
Section 1-97. – Restrictions on activities of registrants and lobbyists. Contingent compensation prohibited. Report to recipient required.
(a) No registrant or anyone acting on behalf of a registrant shall knowingly give a gift, as defined in subdivision (7) of section 1-91, to any state employee, public official, candidate for public office or a member of any such person's staff or immediate family. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any […]
Section 1-98. – Appeal from board decision.
Any person aggrieved by any final decision of the board, made pursuant to this part, may appeal such decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-175 or section 4-183. (P.A. 77-605, S. 9, 21; P.A. 84-21, S. 4, 5; P.A. 05-183, S. 24.) History: P.A. 84-21 added reference to Sec. 4-175; P.A. 05-183 replaced […]
Section 1-99. – Authority of board after finding violation.
(a) The board, upon a finding made pursuant to section 1-93 that there has been a violation of any provision of this part, shall have the authority to order the violator to do any or all of the following: (1) Cease and desist the violation of this part; (2) file any report, statement or other […]