Modifies provisions relating to ethics in public service.

Allows agency staff to assist ethics board staff in carrying out investigations of complaints.

Allows the ethics board to use the office of the attorney general or a contracted investigator to conduct or assist with an investigation.

Requires an agency to terminate a state employee in cases where an ethics board makes specific findings that it designates a serious violation.

Requires agencies to designate an ethics advisor or advisors to provide informal ethics advice to state officers and employees and to ensure uniformity in the agency's operations with respect to the ethics in public service law.

Requires state officers and employees to attend ethics training approved by the appropriate ethics board within one month of taking office or employment, and at least every two years thereafter.