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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 1 - Rule Making › Section 1-92-34 - Form of petition

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person may at any time petition the Citizen's Ethics
						Advisory Board to promulgate, amend, or repeal any regulation. The petition
						shall conform to the applicable rules hereinabove stated and shall set forth
						clearly and concisely the text of the proposed regulation, amendment, or
						repeal. Such petition shall also state the facts and arguments that favor the
						action it proposes by including such facts and arguments in the petition or in
						a brief annexed thereto. The petition shall be addressed to the Citizen's
						Ethics Advisory Board and sent by mail or delivered in person during normal
						business hours. The petition shall be signed by the petitioner and shall
						furnish the address of the petitioner and the name and address of petitioner's
						attorney, if applicable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 1 - Rule Making › Section 1-92-35 - Procedure after petition filed

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Decision
					 on petition.
Upon receipt of the petition the Citizen's Ethics Advisory
					 Board shall within thirty days determine to deny the petition or to initiate
					 regulation-making proceedings.
(b)
Procedure on denial.
If the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board denies
					 the petition, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall give the petitioner
					 notice in writing, stating the reasons for the denial based upon the facts and
					 arguments submitted with the petition by the petitioner and upon such
					 additional facts and arguments as the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board deems
					 appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 1 - Rule Making › Section 1-92-36 - Procedure for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Proceedings for the issuance, amendment,
					 or repeal of a regulation may be commenced by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory
					 Board on its own initiative or pursuant to a petition submitted by an
					 interested person.
(b) Notice of
					 the proposed issuance, amendment, or repeal of a regulation will appear on the
					 eRegulations System prior to the intended action as required by section
					 4-168(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes. The notice will contain:
(1) A statement of the purpose of the
					 proposed action.
(2) A statement of
					 the terms or substance of the intended action.
(3) A statement of the time, place, and date
					 of the public hearing or other opportunity for the presentation of views, and
					 the manner in which such views may be presented.
(4) Reference to the statutory authority
					 under which the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board is acting.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 2 - Advisory Opinions › Section 1-92-37 - General rule

Current through July 10, 2024
These rules set forth the procedure to be followed by the
						Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board in the disposition of a request for an advisory
						opinion as to the applicability of any provision of chapter 10 of the
						Connecticut General Statutes or of any regulation or order of the Citizen's
						Ethics Advisory Board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 2 - Advisory Opinions › Section 1-92-38 - Form of petition for advisory opinions

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person subject to chapter 10 of the Connecticut
						General Statutes may at any time request an advisory opinion of the Citizen's
						Ethics Advisory Board with respect to the applicability of any statute,
						regulation or order enforced, administered or promulgated by the Citizen's
						Ethics Advisory Board. Such request shall be addressed to the Citizen's Ethics
						Advisory Board and sent by mail or delivered in person during normal business
						hours. The request shall be signed by the person on whose behalf the inquiry is
						made. It shall give the address of the person requesting the advisory opinion.
						The request shall state clearly and concisely the substance and nature of the
						request; it shall identify the statute, regulation or order concerning which
						the request is made, and shall identify the particular aspect thereof to which
						the request is directed. The request for an advisory opinion shall be
						accompanied by a statement of any facts and arguments that support the position
						of the person making the inquiry.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 2 - Advisory Opinions › Section 1-92-39 - Procedure after petition for advisory opinion filed

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Notice to persons.
The Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board may give
					 notice to any person that such an advisory opinion has been requested and may
					 receive and consider facts, arguments and
opinions from persons other than the petitioner. In all
						cases, within thirty days the legal division of the Office of State Ethics
						acting on behalf of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board will give notice to the
						subject of the request, if the subject is not the petitioner (e.g., when a
						department head requests an advisory opinion regarding an employee of the
						department), and to any other person to whom notice is required by law.
						Additionally, whenever the subject of the request is a public official or state
						employee, the legal division of the Office of State Ethics acting on behalf of
						the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board will, within thirty days, give notice of
						the petition to the official's or employee's department, agency, board, or
						commission.
(b)
Decision on petition, ruling granted.
If the Citizen's Ethics
					 Advisory Board determines to render an advisory opinion, within sixty days it
					 shall:
(1) issue the opinion; (2) order the
					 matter set for a hearing; or (3) agree to issue the opinion by a specified
					 date.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 3 - Declaratory Rulings › Section 1-92-39a - Requests for declaratory rulings

Current through July 10, 2024
The Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board will accept a
						petition for a declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statutory
						provision or of any regulation or order of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board
						as follows:
(a) The petition shall be
					 in writing and include the factual background of the issue. It shall be mailed
					 to the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board or delivered in person during normal
					 business hours.
(b) It shall be
					 signed by the petitioner and shall include the petitioner's address for purpose
					 of reply.
(c) A copy shall be sent
					 by certified mail to any person who the petitioner has reason to believe may
					 not otherwise have knowledge thereof and may fairly have an interest
					 therein.
(d) The petition shall
					 state clearly the question of applicability upon which the petitioner seeks a
					 ruling.
(e) The petition shall
					 state the position of the petitioner with respect to the question of
					 applicability.
(f) If desired, it
					 may include argument in support of the position of the petitioner, with such
					 legal citations as are considered appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 3 - Declaratory Rulings › Section 1-92-39b - Procedures after petition for declaratory ruling filed

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Notice to persons.
The Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board may give
					 notice to any person that such a declaratory ruling has been requested and may
					 receive and consider facts, arguments, and opinions from persons other than the
					 petitioner. In all cases, within thirty days the Citizen's Ethics Advisory
					 Board will give notice to the subject of the request, if the subject is not the
					 petitioner (e.g., when a member of the public requests a declaratory ruling
					 regarding a state official), and to any other person to whom notice is required
					 by law. Additionally, whenever the subject of the request is a public official
					 or state employee, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board will, within thirty
					 days, give notice of the petition to the official's or employee's department,
					 agency, board, or commission.
(b)
Decision on petition, ruling granted.
If the Citizen's Ethics
					 Advisory Board determines to render a declaratory ruling, within sixty days it
					 shall:
(1) issue the ruling; (2) order the
					 matter set for a hearing; or (3) agree to issue the ruling by a specified
					 date.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40 - Subsection 1-84b (d) positions

Current through July 10, 2024
Pursuant to Subsection
						1-84b(d)
						of the Connecticut General Statutes, after consultation with the agencies
						concerned, the positions listed below, which involve significant decision
						making or supervisory responsibility regarding the regulation or investigation
						of:
(a) any business entity engaged
					 in Indian gaming operations in the state; or
(b) a governmental agency of an Indian tribe
					 engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state, are designated as ones
					 subject to the restrictions of subsection
					 1-84b(e)
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes:
Department of Consumer Protection, Gaming Division
						and Gaming Policy Board
Members of the Gaming Policy Board
Consumer Protection Director of Gaming
Consumer Protection Manager of Gaming Regulation
Consumer Protection Manager of Gaming Enforcement and
						Assurance
Consumer Protection Manager of Information Technology,
						Accounting and Gaming Auditing
Special Revenue Assistant Unit Head (TS)
Special Revenue Assistant Unit Head (Hearings)
Special Revenue Assistant Unit Head (Gambling
						Regulation)
Special Revenue Gambling Regulation Supervisor
						(Casino)
Supervising Accounts Examiner (Casino)
Accounting Manager
License and Applications Supervisor (Casino)
Application Review Committee Members
The Department of Emergency Services and Public
						Protection
Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner of State Police
Lieutenant Colonel for Office of Field Operations
Commanding Officer, Eastern District Headquarters
Executive Officer, Eastern District Headquarters
Commanding Officer, B.C.I.
Commanding Officer, S.O.C.I.T.F.
Commanding Officer, Casino Unit
Sergeants assigned to Casino Unit or
						S.O.C.I.T.F.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40c - Categories of personal data in the Office of State Ethics' personal data system

Current through July 10, 2024
The categories of personal data maintained by the Office
						of State Ethics consist of case files, employment records, personnel files,
						statements of financial interests, potential conflict of interests statements,
						and lobbyist filings. In addition, the Office of State Ethics maintains a
						general correspondence file which contains other data. Records of personal data
						are maintained on agency personnel and employment applicants. Case files may
						also contain personal data concerning parties, witnesses and other persons.
						Statements of financial interests are filed pursuant to sections 1-83 and 4b-4
						of the Connecticut General Statutes. Potential conflict of interests statements
						are filed pursuant to section 1-86 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
						Lobbyist filings are made pursuant to chapter 10, part II, of the Connecticut
						General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40d - General nature and purpose of personal data system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
					 The Office of State Ethics has a single designated personal data system
					 consisting of six parts and whose nature and purpose is to maintain accurate
					 and current information regarding:
(1) Office
					 of State Ethics case files in fulfillment of its statutory duties under
					 chapters 10 and 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) the qualifications of employment
					 applicants;
(3) employees'
					 employment and personnel activities necessary for the conduct of the Office of
					 State Ethics' business;
(4)
					 statements of financial interests of designated public officials and state
					 employees filed pursuant to sections 1-83 and 4b-4 of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes;
(5) potential conflict of
					 interests statements of members of legislative bodies and state regulatory
					 agencies filed pursuant to section 1-86 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
					 and
(6) lobbyist registrations and
					 reports filed pursuant to chapter 10, part II, of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40f - Disclosure of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any individual
					 may request from the Office of State Ethics whether it maintains personal data
					 on that individual; the category and location of the personal data maintained
					 on that individual and procedures available to review such information. The
					 Office of State Ethics promptly shall mail or deliver to the requesting
					 individual a written response in plain language.
(b) Except where prohibited by law, the
					 Office of State Ethics shall disclose to any person upon request all personal
					 data concerning that person which is maintained by the Office of State Ethics.
					 Where required by law, such disclosure shall be conducted so as not to disclose
					 any personal data concerning persons other than the individual requesting such
					 information.
(c) Where required by
					 law, Office of State Ethics personnel shall verify the identity of any person
					 requesting access to his or her own personal data.
(d) The Office of State Ethics may refuse to
					 disclose to a person medical, psychiatric or psychological data regarding that
					 person if it is determined by the Office of State Ethics that such disclosure
					 would be detrimental to the person, or if such nondisclosure is otherwise
					 permitted or required by law. If the Office of State Ethics refuses to disclose
					 medical, psychiatric or psychological data to a person, it shall inform the
					 person of his or her right to seek judicial relief pursuant to the Personal
					 Data Act.
(e) If the Office of
					 State Ethics refuses to disclose medical, psychiatric or psychological data to
					 a person based on its determination that disclosure would be detrimental to
					 that person and the nondisclosure is not mandated by law, the Office of State
					 Ethics shall, at the written request of such person, permit a qualified medical
					 doctor to review the personal data contained in the person's record to
					 determine if the personal data should be disclosed. If nondisclosure is
					 recommended by such person's medical doctor, the Office of State Ethics shall
					 not disclose the personal data and shall inform such person of the judicial
					 relief provided under the Personal Data Act.
(f) Where required by law, a record shall be
					 maintained of each person, individual, agency or organization who has obtained
					 access to or to whom disclosure has been made of personal data in accordance
					 with section 4-193(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, together with a
					 reason for each such disclosure or access. This log shall be maintained for not
					 less than five years from the date of such disclosure or access or for the life
					 of the personal data record, whichever is longer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40g - Procedures for contesting content

Current through July 10, 2024
The following procedure shall be used in order to provide
						an opportunity to contest the accuracy, completeness or relevancy of personal
						data:
(a) Any individual may file a
					 written request with the Office of State Ethics for correction of personal data
					 pertaining to him or her.
(b)
					 Within thirty days of receipt of such request, the Office of State Ethics shall
					 notify such individual that it will make the correction, or if the correction
					 is not to be made as submitted, the Office of State Ethics shall state the
					 reason for its denial of such request and notify the person of his or her right
					 to add his or her own statement to his or her employee personal data
					 records.
(c) Following such denial
					 by the Office of State Ethics, the individual requesting such correction shall
					 be permitted to add a statement to his or her personal data record setting
					 forth what that person believes to be an accurate, complete and relevant
					 version of the personal data in question. Such statements shall become a
					 permanent part of the Office of State Ethics' personal data system and shall be
					 disclosed to any individual, agency or organization to which the disputed
					 personal data is disclosed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40h - Uses to be made of the personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Case files are
					 routinely used in the performance of the Office of State Ethics' statutory
					 mandate to administer and enforce the Codes of Ethics under chapters 10 and 54
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Employment records are routinely used for
					 evaluating the qualifications of employment applicants.
(c) Personnel files are routinely used for
					 recording and evaluating the work performance of Office of State Ethics
					 employees. Personnel files are used also for payroll and other employment-
					 related recordkeeping, as required by the Department of Administrative
					 Services, the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of Policy and Management
					 and other legal authorities.
(d)
					 Statements of financial interests are routinely used in the performance of the
					 Office of State Ethics' statutory mandate to administer and enforce the Codes
					 of Ethics under chapters 10 and 54 of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(e) Statements of
					 potential conflict of interests are routinely used in the performance of the
					 Office of State Ethics' statutory mandate to administer and enforce the Codes
					 of Ethics under chapters 10 and 54 of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(f) Lobbyist filings are
					 routinely used in the performance of the Office of State Ethics' statutory
					 mandate to administer and enforce the Codes of Ethics under chapters 10 and 54
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(g) Records contained in the Office of State
					 Ethics' personal data system shall be retained for the period indicated for
					 such records in the Office of State Ethics' retention and destruction of
					 records schedule, as amended from time to time, approved by the state records
					 administrator pursuant to section 11-8a of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(h) When an individual is
					 asked by the Office of State Ethics to supply personal data, the Office of
					 State Ethics, upon request, shall disclose to that individual:
(1) The name of the Office of State Ethics
					 employee requesting the personal data;
(2) The legal authority under which the
					 Office of State Ethics is empowered to collect and maintain the personal
					 data;
(3) The individual's rights
					 pertaining to such records under the Personal Data Act and Office of State
					 Ethics regulations;
(4) The known
					 consequences arising from supplying or refusing to supply the requested
					 personal data;
(5) The proposed use
					 to be made of the requested personal data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-41 - Definitions of lobbyist who shall register

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The terms
					 "lobbyist" and "registrant" apply to:
(1) the
					 person who, within the terms of section 1-91(12) of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes, does the communicating with any official or his staff in the
					 legislative or executive branch of government for the purpose of influencing
					 any legislative or administrative action (hereinafter referred to as the
					 "communicator lobbyist" or "communicator registrant"); and
(2) the client on behalf of whom the lobbying
					 takes place and who is making expenditures in furtherance of lobbying within
					 the terms of section 1-91(12) of the Connecticut General Statutes (hereinafter
					 referred to as the "client lobbyist" or "client registrant").
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-42 - Application of "lobbying" and "utility rate"

Current through July 10, 2024
The term "lobbying", as defined in section 1-91(11) of
						the Connecticut General Statutes, does not apply to routine requests for
						information made to executive agencies in individual matters or to routine
						filings of information with executive agencies in individual matters as
						required by law. "Utility rate" means the charges to the public made by a
						public service company or common carrier for commodities or services, provided
						the charges are regulated or fixed under the statutory authority contained in
						title 16 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-42a - Exceptions to the requirement to register as an administrative lobbyist

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In accordance with the provisions section
					 1-91(11) of the Connecticut General Statutes and consistent with legislative
					 intent, the following categories of activity shall not require registration as
					 an administrative lobbyist:
(1) Communications
					 with executive agencies incident to the representation of a criminal defense
					 client or a client in a juvenile matter; regardless of whether such
					 communications are made by an attorney or another individual, e.g., a member of
					 the clergy.
(2) Communications with
					 executive or quasi-public agencies on behalf of a person affected by a court
					 order or an action pending before a court; e.g., representation of an
					 individual seeking assistance from the Department of Children and Families or
					 the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services pursuant to a court
					 decree.
(3) Communications with
					 executive or quasi-public agencies in contested cases or other proceedings in
					 which the rights, duties or privileges of a party are to be determined (i.e.,
					 proceedings, including but not restricted to, rate-making, price fixing and
					 licensing, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are
					 required by statute to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for a
					 hearing in which a hearing is in fact held). Included in this contested case
					 exemption are:
(A) representation during an
					 agency investigation prior to the possible initiation of a contested case in
					 which the imposition of criminal or civil penalties, monetary or otherwise, are
					 possible (e.g., Office of State Ethics on civil penalty or physician's license
					 revocation);
(B) representation
					 during an agency proceeding prior to the possible initiation of a contested
					 case in which the award of damages or other benefits are possible (e.g.,
					 workers' compensation award or utility rate increase); and
(C) representation during proceedings analogous to
					 those set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision in which the
					 legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are to be determined by an
					 agency, without the right to an immediate hearing, but involving facts or
					 circumstances which could ultimately result in the initiation of a contested
					 case.
(4) Communications
					 with the enforcement division of the Office of State Ethics by, or on behalf
					 of, a person who is the subject of an ethics investigation, evaluation, or
					 complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-42b - Definitions of "representative of a vendor" and "salesperson"

Current through July 10, 2024
In implementing the statutory exceptions set forth in
						section 1-91(11) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the terms "representative
						of a vendor" and "salesperson" shall be construed according to their ordinary
						and customary usage.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-42c - Application of contingent fee prohibition

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In accordance
					 with section 1-97(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, no fee shall be paid
					 or received for lobbying which is contingent upon the outcome of any matter
					 added to the definition of "Administrative action" by Public Act No. 94-69,
					 regardless of when the underlying employment agreement was entered into, if, as
					 of January 1, 1995, such outcome remains, in any way, to be
					 determined.
(b) The prohibition on
					 contingent fee lobbying shall not, however, apply to a "representative of a
					 vendor" or "salesperson" when such individuals are engaged in the exempt
					 business activities encompassed by those terms.
(c) As used in section 1-91(11)(B) of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes, "representative of a vendor" and "salesperson"
					 shall mean any person who satisfies all of the following criteria:
(1) The person earns his or her living
					 primarily by promoting the sale of the specific and identifiable products or
					 services through direct contacts with potential purchasers;
(2) The person receives a significant portion
					 of his or her compensation in the form of commission income- i.e. by payment of
					 a percentage of the sales which such person has caused, promoted, influenced or
					 induced;
(3) The person's
					 commission rate for governmental procurements in the State of Connecticut is
					 not in excess by more than 10% percent of his or her commission rate with
					 respect to comparable sales to other purchasers;
(4) The person is not otherwise required to
					 file a statement or report pursuant to part II of the Code of Ethics by virtue
					 of his or her engaging in lobbying activities; and
(5) If the person is an independent
					 contractor, he or she has a written contract with a vendor for a definite term
					 of not less than six months with the financial terms of such a contract
					 included.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-43 - Compensation, reimbursement, or expenditures requiring registration

Current through July 10, 2024
All items required to be reported in financial reports by
						sections 1-92-48 and
						1-92-49 of the Regulations of
						Connecticut State Agencies are to be considered "expenditures," "compensation,"
						or "reimbursement" for the purposes of sections 1-91(4), (6), (12), and (18) of
						the Connecticut General Statutes and, subject to the exceptions of section
						1-91(12) of the Connecticut General Statutes, for the purposes of determining
						who shall be registrants required to file registration statements under
						sections 1-94 and 1-95 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-44 - Expert witnesses

Current through July 10, 2024
"Expert witnesses" are individuals who appear before
						legislative committees or executive agencies to give testimony on subjects
						concerning which said individuals have specialized or technical expertise,
						beyond the ken of the average layman, obtained through knowledge, skill,
						experience, training, or education. The term "lobbyist" does not include an
						expert witness who provides legislative or administrative testimony where such
						testimony becomes part of the record of any legislative, regulatory, or
						administrative agency's public proceeding:
(1) which is conducted as an open public
					 hearing for which notice is given pursuant to applicable law; and
(2) of which a record is created in a manner
					 which makes possible the creation of a transcript; and
(3) with respect to which full public access
					 is provided according to law, to such record or transcript and to all written
					 material which becomes part of the record; and
(4) prior to which a statement of intent to
					 provide testimony as an expert witness, with a summary of his or her
					 credentials in support thereof, shall have been filed with the Office of State
					 Ethics. Payments to expert witnesses shall be reported in the financial report
					 of client registrants in the same manner as other expenditures for lobbying
					 activities are presently reported.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-45 - Client lobbyist shall disclose firm of retained individual communicator lobbyist

Current through July 10, 2024
When the registrant is the client lobbyist, the
						registrant, pursuant to section 1-95(a)(4) of the Connecticut General Statutes,
						shall indicate, on the registration form prescribed by the Office of State
						Ethics, the name of each individual who will lobby on the registrant's behalf,
						including any individual who has entered into a subcontracting agreement with
						another communicator lobbyist to lobby on the client's behalf, and, as part of
						the address of each individual, the name of any partnership, professional
						corporation, limited liability company, or corporation in which each individual
						who will lobby is a member, or by which the individual who will lobby is
						employed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-46 - Communicator lobbyist shall register as individual, and disclose his firm as well as client

Current through July 10, 2024
When the registrant is the communicator lobbyist, the
						individual who will lobby on behalf of the client lobbyist shall register in
						his or her individual capacity. As part of his or her address, the individual
						registrant shall indicate the name of any partnership, professional
						corporation, limited liability company, or corporation in which the individual
						registrant is a member, or by which the individual registrant is employed. The
						"name, address and nature of business of any person who compensates or
						reimburses, or agrees to compensate or reimburse, the registrant" as that
						phrase is used in section 1-95(a)(1) of the Connecticut General Statutes refers
						to the client lobbyist, regardless of whether the client lobbyist who is making
						expenditures in furtherance of lobbying makes payment directly to the
						individual registrant who is the communicator or to any partnership,
						professional corporation, or corporation in which the individual registrant is
						a member, or by which the individual registrant is employed. However, a
						business organization, other than the client registrant, to which one or more
						individuals belong may file a single registration form listing each individual
						who will lobby on behalf of the client. Additionally, in-house communicator
						lobbyists (i.e., employees of a single client registrant) shall register
						collectively with their employer on the employer's client registration form.
						Each such individual registrant shall sign the single form under penalty of
						false statement. An individual who accepts work as a subcontractor from a
						communicator lobbyist shall register separately from the communicator lobbyist.
						Pursuant to section 1-95(a)(1) of the Connecticut General Statutes, at the time
						of registration the communicator registrant shall disclose the terms of
						compensation, reimbursement or agreement. Terms of compensation may be
						expressed generally as "pro rata value of compensation," only if the registrant
						is a salaried employee. Otherwise, the dollar amount of any fee or retainer
						should be disclosed at the time of registration. Terms of agreement shall
						disclose the categories of work to be performed in lobbying and in furtherance
						of lobbying by the communicator or business organization, i.e., lobbying,
						polling, advertising, etc. Such terms shall also include the dollar amount of
						any fee or retainer attributable to each relevant category.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-46a - Registrant shall disclose persons contributing three thousand dollars or more

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When the
					 registrant is an association, group of persons or an organization, pursuant to
					 section 1-95(a)(3) of the Connecticut General Statutes, it shall disclose, on
					 the registration form prescribed by the Office of State Ethics, the name and
					 address of the principal officers and directors of such association, group of
					 persons or organization.
(b) When
					 the registrant is formed primarily for the purpose of lobbying, pursuant to
					 section 1-95(a)(3) of the Connecticut General Statutes, it shall disclose, on
					 the registration form prescribed by the Office of State Ethics, the name and
					 address of any person contributing three thousand dollars or more to the
					 registrant's lobbying activities in any calendar year. Additional names and
					 addresses shall be reported as the threshold is met, either by amending the
					 registration form as necessary, or by reporting the information in the
					 fundamental terms section on the registrant's next financial report.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the
					 following words and terms shall be construed as follows:
"Principal officers and directors" means each person who
						is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than a 5% percent
						interest in the association, group of persons or organization. "Principal
						officers and directors" also includes:
(1) Any officer or director who is
					 responsible for the supervision and management of the daily business operations
					 of the registrant.
(2) The
					 president; any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division
					 or function; the secretary; the treasurer; any principal financial officer,
					 comptroller or principal accounting officer; and any other person performing a
					 principal policy-making function, with respect to the registrant.
(3) Any person directing the registrant, or
					 any person chosen to control, govern, or manage the affairs of the
					 registrant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-46b - Issues related to subcontractors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If a
					 communicator lobbyist registrant subcontracts with or through another person
					 (i.e., a subcontractor) to lobby on behalf of one of the communicator's
					 clients, the subcontractor shall register as a communicator lobbyist with the
					 Office of State Ethics if the subcontractor receives or agrees to receive
					 compensation, reimbursement, or both, totaling $3000 or more in any calendar
					 year for administrative or legislative lobbying on behalf of such client,
					 including actions in furtherance of lobbying.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
					 section 1-95 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the registration of a
					 subcontractor shall include (1) the name of the business organization or
					 individual communicator lobbyist registrant with, or through, whom the
					 subcontract was entered; (2) the name, address, phone number, and email address
					 of the individual at the business organization, if any, with whom the
					 subcontractor has primary contact with regard to the subcontract; and (3) the
					 fundamental terms of the subcontract.
(c) In addition to the requirements of
					 section 1-95 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the registration of any
					 communicator lobbyist who hires any other communicator lobbyist pursuant to a
					 subcontract shall include (1) the name of the business organization, if any,
					 with whom the communicator lobbyist registrant is subcontracting; (2) the name,
					 address, phone number, and email address of each individual communicator who
					 will be performing lobbying pursuant to the subcontract, even if the lobbying
					 activities performed by the individual communicator do not, by themselves,
					 exceed the $3000 threshold in section 1-91(12) or section 1-94 of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes; (3) the name, address, phone number, and email
					 address of the person at the subcontracting business organization, if any, with
					 whom the communicator has primary contact with regard to the subcontract; and
					 (4) the fundamental terms of the subcontract.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-47 - Registration fee

Current through July 10, 2024
The fee for filing a biennial registration commencing in
						an odd numbered calendar year is $250.00. The fee for a one year registration
						commencing in an even numbered calendar year is $125.00. The fee shall be paid
						for each individual registrant even if registering with a business organization
						or client on a single form. This fee is not in excess of the cost of
						administering the filing, plus the cost of collecting, filing, copying and
						distributing the information submitted by registrants under section 1-96 of the
						Connecticut General Statutes. An estimate of these costs is available upon
						request at the Office of State Ethics.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 1 - Registration › Section 1-92-47a - Electronic payment of registration fee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person with
					 an approved ETH-4A or 4B Form on file with the Office of State Ethics, as set
					 forth in section
					 1-92-50b of the Regulations of
					 Connecticut State Agencies, may pay required lobbyist registration fees
					 electronically in conjunction with the electronic submission of registration
					 forms.
(b) Such fee payment shall
					 be made by usage of a valid credit or debit card from a list of such cards
					 approved by The Office of the Treasurer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 2 - Financial Reports › Section 1-92-48 - Financial reports of clients and communicator lobbyists shall disclose compensation for lobbying and expenditures for the benefit of a public official, etc

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The financial reports of all client and
					 communicator registrants, including those who terminate their registrations
					 during the calendar year, shall include the dollar amount, the payor or payee
					 other than the registrant as the case may be, and the date(s) of the following
					 payments:
(1) any fee, retainer or reimbursed
					 expenses paid by a client registrant in furtherance of lobbying to a
					 communicator registrant or other person who is not a member of or a regular
					 employee of the client. Appearances as characterized by section 1-91(12)(D) of
					 the Connecticut General Statutes are considered "in furtherance of lobbying,"
					 for the purposes of this subsection, when made by a registrant.
(2) pursuant to section 1-96(e) of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes, the pro rata value of the time spent in
					 furtherance of lobbying by a communicator registrant who is a member of or a
					 regular employee of a client registrant; however, neither the total salary of
					 the communicator registrant nor the fraction of that salary which lobbying
					 represents need be disclosed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 5 - Procedures Concerning Lobbyists Pursuant to Chapter 10, Part II, Connecticut General Statutes › Part 2 - Financial Reports › Section 1-92-49 - Financial reports of client lobbyists shall disclose other expenditures for lobbying

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Financial
					 reports of all client registrants, including those who terminate their
					 registrations during the calendar year, shall also include the dollar amount
					 and the type of expenditure for:
(1) Office
					 expenses which are in furtherance of lobbying including:
(A) secretarial salaries or portions thereof,
					 except that such salaries are excluded for any individual whose pro rata value
					 of time spent in furtherance of lobbying is less than $50 in any calendar
					 year;
(B) printing, photocopying,
					 data processing, and postage together costing $50 or more in any calendar year,
					 except that membership, shareholder, or employee newsletters as defined in
					 section 1-91(6) of the Connecticut General Statutes are excluded, and the term
					 "members" as used in section 1-91(6) means
bona fide
members;
(C) telephone usage
					 costing $50 or more in any calendar year; and
(D) the monthly amount of rent for an office
					 for any month during which the office is used primarily for lobbying.