HB3353 HFA Pushkin 2-20

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Delegate Pushkin moves to amend HB3353 on page 7, line 106, following the period at the end if Section 2, by inserting the following:

“CHAPTER 6B. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ETHICS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA ETHICS COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES; DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES; APPEARANCES BEFORE PUBLIC AGENCIES; CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.

§6B-2-5c.  State public officials prohibited from doing business with foreign entities that possess antithetical values to the state of West Virginia.

The Legislature finds that the requirements of §5A-3-3d of this code that prohibit the state from conducting business with entities that sponsor terrorism  shall also apply to every elected or appointed public official of the state, to prohibit these officials from having a conflict of interest when serving in his or her capacity as a public official by actively investing in foreign entities prohibited by law from doing business with the State of West Virginia.  Therefore, any person serving as a public official who owns any financial interest in any foreign entity which the state is prohibited from doing business pursuant to §5A-3-3d of this code is prohibited from taking any action associated with his or her financial interests detrimental to the state, and shall place that asset in a blind trust as provided for in §6B-2-8 of this code during his or her term of office.  Any such state public official is prohibited as a matter of public policy during his or her time serving in public office from taking any action that supports any foreign entity which sponsors terrorism consistent with the provisions of §5A-3-3d of this code.”