File #: 4104    Version: Name: Ethics Code - sections 919 & 920
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/11/2009 In control: Budget Committee
On agenda: 5/11/2009 Final action: 6/1/2009
Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 919. and 920., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to ethics and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III, Henry C. Rizzo, Scott Burnett, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Fred Arbanas, James D. Tindall, Dennis Waits, Greg Grounds, Bob Spence
Indexes: ETHICS, JACKSON COUNTY CODE
Budget Committee Amendment
May 18, 2009

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 919. and 920., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to ethics and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.


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ORDINANCE #4104, May 11, 2009

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, Henry C. Rizzo, Scott Burnett, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Fred Arbanas, James D. Tindall, Dennis Waits, Greg Grounds, and Bob Spence, County Legislators

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BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 919. and 920., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 919. and 920., to read as follows:

919. Commission's Power, Limitations.

The Commission does not have the authority to reverse or otherwise modify a prior action of the County Executive, the County Legislature, or an officer or employee of the County. If the Commission finds a prior action of the County Executive, the County Legislature, officer or employee to have been in violation of this chapter, the Commission may advise the appropriate party or parties that the action should be reconsidered. Upon such advice by the Commission, the action may be reconsidered by the appropriate person or public body. If the Commission determines an existing County contract to be in violation of this chapter, after such determination and advice from the Commission, the County may void or seek termination of the contract if legally permissible. The Commission may refer a matter to the County Counselor for review and consideration for appropriate action. Upon completion of review and consideration, the County Counselor's Office shall report its findings to the Commission.
920. Complaints, Hearing Procedure.
(a) Any person may file a verified, written complaint, signed and sworn, with the County Counselor...

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