The Expanded Gaming Law also amended the financial disclosure law by amending section 6 to include gaming licensees and gaming license applicants within the definition of legislative agents for the purposes of that section. Summary of Fiscal Year 2012 The Legislature appropriated $1,796,500 for the Ethics Commission in FY 2012. Civil penalties totaling $76,665 were assessed by the Commission in FY 2012. All penalties collected by the Commission are deposited in the state’s General Fund, as the Commission does not retain revenue. In FY 2012, the Legal Division received 5,390 oral and written requests for confidential advice regarding the conflict of interest and financial disclosure laws, and received 86 proposed opinions from municipal counsels. The Legal Division responded to 4,948 oral requests for advice and issued 442 written informal opinions, and reviewed and commented on 86 municipal counsel opinions. In FY 2012, the Legal Division reviewed a total of 706 disclosures, which were filed with the Commission to comply with the conflict of interest law. There were 24 requests for advice pending at the end of FY 2012. During FY 2012, 4,572 elected officials, candidates and public employees in designated major policy-making positions were required to file Statements of Financial Interests (“SFIs”) with the Commission. Eighty-five percent of all filers filed their forms electronically in FY 2012. While 485 filers missed the May filing deadlines, all but 37 had filed by the end of the fiscal year. Staff responded to more than 1,600 telephone inquiries relating to either the completion or amendment of SFIs. Requests for copies of more than 924 SFIs were received from the public or media during FY 2012. A total of 2,268 people attended the 65 educational seminars conducted by the Public Education and Communications Division in FY 2012. The division also fielded more than 970 calls from the public and media seeking information about the Commission, enforcement matters, the conflict of interest law, or the mandatory education and training requirements. INTRODUCTION TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
The Expanded Gaming Law also amended the financial disclosure law by amending section 6 to include gaming licensees and gaming license applicants within the definition of legislative agents for the purposes of that section. Summary of Fiscal Year 2012 The Legislature appropriated $1,796,500 for the Ethics Commission in FY 2012. Civil penalties totaling $76,665 were assessed by the Commission in FY 2012. All penalties collected by the Commission are deposited in the state’s General Fund, as the Commission does not retain revenue. In FY 2012, the Legal Division received 5,390 oral and written requests for confidential advice regarding the conflict of interest and financial disclosure laws, and received 86 proposed opinions from municipal counsels. The Legal Division responded to 4,948 oral requests for advice and issued 442 written informal opinions, and reviewed and commented on 86 municipal counsel opinions. In FY 2012, the Legal Division reviewed a total of 706 disclosures, which were filed with the Commission to comply with the conflict of interest law. There were 24 requests for advice pending at the end of FY 2012. During FY 2012, 4,572 elected officials, candidates and public employees in designated major policy-making positions were required to file Statements of Financial Interests (“SFIs”) with the Commission. Eighty-five percent of all filers filed their forms electronically in FY 2012. While 485 filers missed the May filing deadlines, all but 37 had filed by the end of the fiscal year. Staff responded to more than 1,600 telephone inquiries relating to either the completion or amendment of SFIs. Requests for copies of more than 924 SFIs were received from the public or media during FY 2012. A total of 2,268 people attended the 65 educational seminars conducted by the Public Education and Communications Division in FY 2012. The division also fielded more than 970 calls from the public and media seeking information about the Commission, enforcement matters, the conflict of interest law, or the mandatory education and training requirements. INTRODUCTION TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
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