Title 1, Title 1: Provisions of General Application

Sec. 1-101pp. Reporting of ethics violations by state or quasi-public agency heads or deputies and persons in charge of state agency procurement, contracting or human resources. Any commissioner, deputy commissioner, state agency or quasi-public agency head or deputy, or person i…

Sec. 1-101qq. State ethics law summary provided to persons seeking large state construction or procurement contract. Representation of agreement to comply in contract. Summary and representation re subcontractors and consultants. Failure to include representations. Incorporation …

Sec. 1-101rr. State agency ethics compliance officers. Duties. Liaisons. (a) Each state agency and quasi-public agency that is a party to a large state construction or procurement contract or is planning such a contract shall appoint an ethics compliance officer. Such officer sha…

Sec. 1-79. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Blind trust” means a trust established by a public official or state employee or member of his or her immediate family for the purpose of d…

Sec. 1-79a. Calculation of dollar limit on gifts. For purposes of calculating the dollar limits under the exceptions to the term “gift” under sections 1-79 and 1-91 any expenditure provided by a lobbyist who is an individual shall be deemed to have also been provided by the busin…

Sec. 1-80. Office of State Ethics. Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board. Members; appointment; qualifications; vacancies; compensation; restrictions. Hearings. (a) There shall be established an Office of State Ethics. Said office shall consist of an executive director, general counsel…

Sec. 1-80a. Statements filed with commission. Restrictions on use. Section 1-80a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 78-169, S. 1, 2; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Secs. 1-80b to 1-80d. State Ethics Commission member serving as Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board member; Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board member appointment by Governor. Appointment of interim executive director. Transfer of State Ethics Commission staff. Sections 1-80b to 1-80d, i…

Sec. 1-80e. Designation of judge trial referees. The Chief Court Administrator shall designate ten judge trial referees who shall be available to the Office of State Ethics to: (1) Preside over and rule at any hearing of the Office of State Ethics; and (2) make findings as to pro…

Sec. 1-81. Duties of the board, Office of State Ethics. Employment of executive director, general counsel, ethics enforcement officer. Legal and enforcement divisions of the Office of State Ethics. Regulations. State personnel training in ethics. (a) The board and general counsel…

Sec. 1-81a. Recommended appropriations. Allotments. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for the Office of State Ethics shall be the estimates of expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and…

Sec. 1-81b. Summary of ethics laws re bidders, proposers and state contractors. The Office of State Ethics shall develop a plain language summary of state ethics laws concerning (1) persons, firms and corporations submitting bids or proposals for state contracts, and (2) state co…

Sec. 1-81c. Mandatory ethics training for public officials. Frequency. Exception. Not later than December 31, 2010, the Office of State Ethics shall establish and administer a program of mandatory training on the code of ethics for public officials as set forth in chapter 10. Suc…

Sec. 1-82. Complaints. Procedure. Time limits. Investigation; notice; hearings. Attorneys' fees. Damages for complaints without foundation. (a)(1) Upon the complaint of any person on a form prescribed by the board, signed under penalty of false statement, or upon its own complain…

Sec. 1-82a. Confidentiality of complaints, evaluations of possible violations and investigations. Publication of findings. (a) Unless a judge trial referee makes a finding of probable cause, a complaint alleging a violation of this part, section 1-101bb or section 1-101nn shall b…

Sec. 1-82b. Continuation of certain probable cause hearings. Section 1-82b is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 107; P.A. 21-164, S. 15.)

Sec. 1-83. Statements of financial interests. Filing requirements. Ethics statements. Confidentiality. Waiver. (a)(1) All state-wide elected officers, members of the General Assembly, department heads and their deputies, members or directors of each quasi-public agency, members o…

Sec. 1-84. (Formerly Sec. 1-66). Prohibited activities. Exception re employment of immediate family at constituent unit. (a) No public official or state employee shall, while serving as such, have any financial interest in, or engage in, any business, employment, transaction or p…

Sec. 1-84a. Disclosure or use of confidential information by former official or employee. No former executive or legislative branch or quasi-public agency public official or state employee shall disclose or use confidential information acquired in the course of and by reason of h…

Sec. 1-84b. Certain activities restricted after leaving public office or employment. (a) No former executive branch or quasi-public agency public official or state employee shall represent anyone other than the state, concerning any particular matter (1) in which he participated …

Sec. 1-84c. Donation of goods or services to state or quasi-public agencies. Reporting requirement. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the donation of goods or services, as described in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79, to a state agency or quasi-public…

Sec. 1-84d. Foundations or alumni associations established for the benefit of a constituent unit of public higher education or technical education and career school. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for purposes of this chapter, no foundation or alumni assoc…

Sec. 1-85. (Formerly Sec. 1-68). Interest in conflict with discharge of duties. A public official, including an elected state official, or state employee has an interest which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties or employment in the public interest …

Sec. 1-86. Procedure when discharge of duty affects official's or state employee's financial interests. Lobbyists prohibited from accepting employment with General Assembly and General Assembly members forbidden to be lobbyists. (a) Any public official or state employee, other th…

Sec. 1-86d. Legal defense fund established by or for a public official or state employee. Reports. Contributions. (a) Any public official or state employee who establishes a legal defense fund, or for whom a legal defense fund has been established, shall file a report on said fun…

Sec. 1-86e. Consultants, independent contractors and their employees. Prohibited activities. (a) No person hired by the state as a consultant or independent contractor, and no person employed by such consultant or independent contractor, shall: (1) Use the authority provided unde…

Sec. 1-87. Aggrieved persons. Appeals. 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. 77-600, S. 9, 15; P.A. 83-586, S. 8, 14; P.A. 05-183, S.…

Sec. 1-88. Authority of board after finding violation. Prohibition against disclosure of information. Enforcement of civil penalties. (a) The board, upon a finding made pursuant to section 1-82 that there has been a violation of any provision of this part, section 1-101bb or sect…

Sec. 1-89. Violations; penalties. Disciplinary powers of the legislature, agencies and commissions. Civil action for damages. (a)(1) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this part, section 1-101bb or section 1-101nn shall, for a first violation, be guilty of a c…

Sec. 1-89a. Conferences on ethical issues. Section 1-89a is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 21; P.A. 05-183, S. 14; P.A. 21-164, S. 15.)

Sec. 1-90. Commission to review oath of office for members of General Assembly. Section 1-90 is repealed. (P.A. 77-600, S. 12, 15; P.A. 82-472, S. 182, 183.)

Sec. 1-90a. Exemption re student public official or state employee of a public institution of higher education. Policies and procedures re standards of student conduct. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-84, 1-84a, 1-85 and 1-86, a public official or state employee …

Sec. 1-91. Definitions. When used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Administrative action” means any action or nonaction of any executive agency of the state with respect to the proposal, drafting, development, consideration, amendment, adoption or repeal …

Sec. 1-92. Duties of board and Office of State Ethics. Regulations. Advisory opinions. (a) The Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this part. Such regulations shall not be deemed to govern the conduc…

Sec. 1-93. Complaints. Procedure. Time limits. Investigation; notice; hearings. Damages for complaints without foundation. (a)(1) Upon the complaint of any person on a form prescribed by the Office of State Ethics, signed under penalty of false statement, or upon its own complain…

Sec. 1-93a. Confidentiality of complaints, evaluations of possible violations and investigations. Publication of findings. (a) Unless a judge trial referee makes a finding of probable cause, a complaint alleging a violation of this part shall be confidential except upon the reque…

Sec. 1-94. Lobbyist registration with the Office of State Ethics. A lobbyist shall register with the Office of State Ethics pursuant to this part if it or he: (1) Receives or agrees to receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses, or both, in a combined amount of thr…

Sec. 1-95. Registration procedure. Fees. (a) Each registrant shall file every two years with the Office of State Ethics on a registration form signed under penalty of false statement on or before January fifteenth of odd-numbered years or prior to the commencement of lobbying whi…

Sec. 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 rep…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 o…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 st…

Sec. 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. 2…