For more information, contact:
Ohio Ethics Commission
(614) 466-7090

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ETHICS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES TO MEET

The Ohio Ethics Commission will meet on Friday, December 1, 2006, at 12:00 noon in the 10th floor conference room at the offices of the Ohio Ethics Commission, 8 East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio.

The Investigative Committee of the Commission will meet at 11:00 a.m. on December 1, also in Commission offices, and will discuss the Commission's investigative processes and review several pending investigations and investigation requests. The Advisory Opinion Committee will meet on Thursday, November 30 at 3:30 p.m., also in Commission offices, and will review advisory opinion requests and discuss several opinion drafts. The Advisory Committee meeting is open to the public; the Investigative Committee meeting is closed and confidential, under statutory provision.

The Commission meeting will begin at12:00 noon with a Call to Order, followed by Executive session, which is statutorily closed to the public. During Executive Session, the Commission will hear a confidential report on complaints and pending investigations concerning alleged violations of the Ethics Law and related statutes, litigation and personnel matters. The Ethics Law prohibits the Commission from disclosing any information concerning pending investigative matters. Following Executive session, the Commission will return to open session to consider drafts of advisory opinions and review financial disclosure reports.

The Ohio Ethics Commission is an independent state agency that applies and administers the Ethics Law for state and local public officials and employees outside of the General Assembly and judiciary. The Commission was created 30 years ago upon the enactment of the Ohio Ethics Law in 1973.

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