Rell signs ethics bill
By ConnPolitics.tv Editor on Jun 18, 2008 | In News, Gov. Jodi Rell | Send feedback »
Hartford (AP/WTNH) – Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed a bill into law that allows a judge to revoke or reduce the pension of a public official or employee.
The legislation, which takes effect on Oct. 1, is one of the final major reforms passed in the wake of former Gov. John G. Rowland’s resignation in 2004 amid a corruption scandal.
Rell signed the bill on the north steps of the state Capitol, the site of where she was first sworn into office. Lawmakers who helped to negotiate the final compromise, passed during last week’s special session, looked on.
“I made ethics a focal point of my Administration,” Gov. Rell said in a statement released by her office. “I worked to bring about campaign finance reform, clean contracting reform and ethical reform. With my fellow Constitutional Officers and our partners in the Legislature, we have changed the ethical landscape of this state. And Connecticut can now proudly and rightfully lay claim to the toughest ethics laws in the country.”
The new law is not retroactive and will not affect Rowland or other local and state officials who’ve been sentenced on corruption-related charges. There were concerns that making it retroactive would violate people’s constitutional rights.
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