HB 1175 - DIGEST |
Declares an intent to: (1) Improve the ethical and moral standards, culture, and conduct of all elected senior leadership and staff to become the highest in the nation; |
(2) Increase public confidence in the state's governmental processes, in the legislature, and the leadership of its public agencies to be the highest in the nation; and |
(3) Improve ethics and integrity education and training programs and make the ethics and integrity of all clients, partners, and vendors be the best in the nation. |
Requires the legislative ethics board to: (1) Develop a legislative plan to provide overall direction and accountability for legislators and staff; |
(2) Coordinate and work with the executive ethics board and the commission on judicial conduct; |
(3) Assess and evaluate the house of representatives' and the senate's ethical culture through employee and stakeholder surveys and publish an annual report that shall be made public; and |
(4) Solicit outside evaluations, studies, and recommendations for improvements from academics, nonprofit organizations, the public disclosure commission, and other entities with expertise in ethics, integrity, and the public sector. |
Requires the executive ethics board to: (1) Develop a governor's integrity and ethics award program, including criteria for determining annual award recipients; |
(2) Develop a statewide plan to provide overall direction and accountability in all executive branch agencies and statewide elected offices; |
(3) Coordinate and work with the commission on judicial conduct and the legislative ethics board; |
(4) Assess and evaluate each agency's ethical culture through employee and stakeholder surveys and publish an annual report on the results to the public; and |
(5) Solicit outside evaluations, studies, and recommendations for improvements from academics, nonprofit organizations, the public disclosure commission, or other entities with expertise in ethics, integrity, and the public sector. |
Creates the governor's integrity and ethics award program to be administered by the executive ethics board. |
Requires each head of agency to: (1) Develop an annual ethics and integrity plan for leadership and staff of the agency; and |
(2) Create an independent advisory committee of employees and citizens. |
Directs the governor to perform a government accountability and performance review on a quarterly basis. |
Directs the joint legislative audit and review committee to audit the legislative ethics board and the house of representatives' and the senate's ethics and integrity programs. |
Directs the state auditor to audit the executive ethics board. |