HB 2990 Summary

• Transfers administration of the Political Subdivisions Ethics Act for school district candidates and officials from the school district clerk to the Ethics Commission.

• Grants the Ethics Commission authority to accept complaints and conduct investigations and hearings regarding violations by school district candidates, candidate committees, and school district officials.

• Expands the Commission's duties to include serving as repository for financial disclosure statements and campaign reports for school district candidates and officials in the same manner as county candidates.

• Consolidates filing of campaign contribution and expenditure reports with the Ethics Commission rather than multiple local entities, with municipalities and school districts following Commission rules for reporting timelines.

• Effective date: November 1, 2012.