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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, repealing the existing provisions of Article 1013 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, entitled “Political Activity; Accountability, Conduct And Ethics Code,” and replacing it with an updated Article 1013 governing the same subject matter and entitled “Ethics Code.”
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Whereas, Allegheny County is required to have an Ethics Code, pursuant to the terms of Article XI, §1 of the Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County; and
Whereas, the County’s Ethics Code is currently codified at Article 1013 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County; and
Whereas, while the County’s Ethics Code has been amended from time to time since its adoption in 2001, its provisions have never been comprehensively reviewed and amended in order to update its provisions to reflect current parlance and make adjustments to refine the procedures and provisions contained therein; and
Whereas, it is accordingly the desire of Council to undertake such comprehensive review;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1. Repeal of the Existing Article 1013.
A. Article 1013 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, entitled “Political Activity; Accountability, Conduct And Ethics Code,” originally enacted through passage of ordinance 35-01-OR and amended from time to time thereafter, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
B. The terms of office of all members of the ACE Commission appointed under the terms of the prior version of this Article shall be deemed to have expired on the effective date of this Article, but prior terms shall be counted toward the service limitation established in §5-1013.13.C of the new Article 1013. Previous ACE Commission members shall be subject to all required qualifications and prohibitions contained in the new Article 1013, should they be appointed to the new ACE Commission.
SECTION 2. Enactment of New Article 1013.
The Administrati...
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