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12/4/2006
Final meeting
11/21/2006 Workshop session
11/13/2006 Workshop session
10/18/2006 Agenda
9/13/2006 Agenda
9/13/2006 meeting
results
8/16/2006 meeting
results
7/13/2006 meeting
results
6/21/2006 meeting results
FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
Order establishing
the committee
Best Practices
on Recusal
Current
conflict of Interest rules and issues
Conflict
of Interest Scenarios for committee consideration
Current law relating
to conflict of interest and the employment relationship
Ethics
Procedures Table for October Meeting - possible changes
for consideration by committee members
Current Law regarding
legislators and Gifts
Training
and Sources of Information for Legislators Regarding
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Meeting dates scheduled.
Please check back or call to verify dates, times and locations.
Oct. 18, 2006, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Legislative Council
Chambers, State House
Agenda: Work Session on Committee Report
Nov. 13, 2006, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Legislative Council
Chambers, State House
Agenda: Work Session on Committee Report
Nov. 21, 2006, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Legislative Council
Chambers, State House
Agenda: Work Session on various topics
Dec. 4, 2006, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Judiciary Committee
Room (Room 438), State House
Agenda: Review of Draft Report and Draft Recommendations
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Presiding Officers'
Advisory Committee on Legislative Ethics
On January 31, 2006, then-Speaker of the House John Richardson
and Senate President Beth Edmonds created the Presiding Officers'
Advisory
Committee on Legislative Ethics. Their aim was to facilitate an
independent review of the existing state laws and regulations affecting
legislative ethics to ensure that they were appropriate to ensure
public confidence in the Legislature.
The 15 members of the committee met five times and issued a report
on Dec. 4, 2006 to the incoming 123rd Maine State Legislature in
December. It is expected that legislation will be submitted this
session to implement many or all of the committee's recommendations.
Committee members:
Sandra Featherman, Chair, former President of
the University of New England
Michael Carpenter, former Attorney General and
former state representative
Roger Maller, former Commissioner of Transportation
John Rensenbrink, co-founder of the Green Party and
former US Senate Candidate
Kristine Ossenfort, Governmental Affairs
Specialist, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Peter Pitegoff, Dean and Professor of
Law, University of Maine School of Law
G. Calvin Mackenzie, Goldfarb Family Distinguished
Professor of American Government, Colby College, and former
member of the Commission on Governmental Ethics
Mark Lawrence, former President of the
Maine Senate, current District Attorney, York County
Harrison Richardson, former House Majority
Leader, partner, Richardson Whitman Large & Badger
Sen. Phillip Bartlett, D – Gorham
Rep. Marilyn Canavan, D – Waterville,
and former Executive Director of the Commission on Governmental
Ethics
Sen. Debra Plowman, R – Hampden
Rep. John Robinson, R – Raymond
Edith Leary, Eaton Peabody, Bangor
Richard Thompson, Capitol Consulting, Readfield, and former
state representative and House chair of the Judiciary Committee
Invited to attend as Ex Officio, nonvoting members:
G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, or his designee
Jonathan Wayne, Executive Director of the Commission
on Governmental Ethics
Staff:
Ted Potter, Chief of Staff, Speaker's Office
Deborah Friedman, Policy Director, Senate President's
Office
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