Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 10 - Codes of Ethics
Section 1-84b. - Certain activities restricted after leaving public office or employment.

(a) No former executive branch or quasi-public agency public official or state employee shall represent anyone other than the state, concerning any particular matter (1) in which he participated personally and substantially while in state service, and (2) in which the state has a substantial interest.

(b) No former executive branch or quasi-public agency public official or state employee shall, for one year after leaving state service, represent anyone, other than the state, for compensation before the department, agency, board, commission, council or office in which he served at the time of his termination of service, concerning any matter in which the state has a substantial interest. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an attorney who is a former employee of the Division of Criminal Justice, with respect to any representation in a matter under the jurisdiction of a court.
(c) The provisions of this subsection apply to present or former executive branch public officials or state employees of an agency who hold or formerly held positions which involve significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility. Such positions shall be designated as such by the agency concerned, in consultation with the Office of State Ethics, except that such provisions shall not apply to members or former members of the boards or commissions who serve ex officio, who are required by statute to represent the regulated industry or who are permitted by statute to have a past or present affiliation with the regulated industry. On or before November 1, 2021, and not less than annually thereafter, the head of each agency concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit the designation of all positions in existence on such date that are subject to the provisions of this subsection to the office electronically, in a manner prescribed by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board. If an agency creates such a position after its annual submission under this subsection, the head of such agency, or his or her designee, shall submit the designation of the newly created position not later than thirty days after the creation of such position. As used in this subsection, “agency” means the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy, the Connecticut Siting Council, the Department of Banking, the Insurance Department, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the office within the Department of Consumer Protection that carries out the duties and responsibilities of sections 30-2 to 30-68m, inclusive, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, including the Office of Consumer Counsel, and the Department of Consumer Protection and the term “employment” means professional services or other services rendered as an employee or as an independent contractor.
(1) No public official or state employee in an executive branch position designated pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall negotiate for, seek or accept employment with any business subject to regulation by his agency.
(2) No former public official or state employee who held such a position in the executive branch shall, within one year after leaving an agency, accept employment with a business subject to regulation by that agency.
(3) No business shall employ a present or former public official or state employee in violation of this subsection.
(d) The provisions of subsection (e) of this section apply to (1) present or former Department of Consumer Protection public officials or state employees who hold or formerly held positions which involve significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility and designated as such by the department, in consultation with the Office of State Ethics, and (2) present or former public officials or state employees of other agencies who hold or formerly held positions which involve significant decision-making or supervisory responsibility concerning the regulation or investigation of (A) any business entity (i) engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state, and (ii) in which a federally-recognized Indian tribe in the state owns a controlling interest, or (B) a governmental agency of a federally-recognized Indian tribe engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state, which positions are designated as such by the agency concerned, in consultation with the Office of State Ethics. On or before November 1, 2021, and not less than annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection and the head of each agency concerned, or their designees, shall submit designations of all positions in existence on such date that are subject to the provisions of this subsection to the office electronically, in a manner prescribed by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board. If the department or agency concerned creates such a position after its annual submission under this subsection, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the head of such agency, as applicable, or their designees, shall submit the designation of the newly created position not later than thirty days after the creation of such position.
(e) (1) No Department of Consumer Protection public official or state employee or other public official or state employee described in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section shall negotiate for, seek or accept employment with (A) a business entity (i) engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state, and (ii) in which a federally-recognized Indian tribe in the state owns a controlling interest, or (B) a governmental agency of a federally-recognized Indian tribe engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state.
(2) No former Department of Consumer Protection public official or state employee or other former public official or state employee described in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, who held such a position shall, within two years after leaving such agency, accept employment with (A) a business entity (i) engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state, and (ii) in which a federally-recognized Indian tribe in the state owns a controlling interest, or (B) a governmental agency of a federally-recognized Indian tribe engaged in Indian gaming operations in the state.
(3) As used in this subsection, “employment” means professional services or other services rendered as an employee or as an independent contractor.
(f) No former public official or state employee (1) who participated substantially in the negotiation or award of (A) a state contract valued at an amount of fifty thousand dollars or more, or (B) a written agreement for the approval of a payroll deduction slot described in section 3-123g, or (2) who supervised the negotiation or award of such a contract or agreement, shall accept employment with a party to the contract or agreement other than the state for a period of one year after his resignation from his state office or position if his resignation occurs less than one year after the contract or agreement is signed. No party to such a contract or agreement other than the state shall employ any such former public official or state employee in violation of this subsection.
(g) No member or director of a quasi-public agency who participates substantially in the negotiation or award of a contract valued at an amount of fifty thousand dollars or more, or who supervised the negotiation or award of such a contract, shall seek, accept, or hold employment with a party to the contract for a period of one year after the signing of the contract.
(h) The provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (f) of this section shall not apply to any employee of a quasi-public agency who leaves such agency before July 1, 1989. The provisions of subsections (b) and (f) of this section shall not apply to a former state employee of a public institution of higher education whose employment was derived from such employee's status as a student at such institution.
(i) No Treasurer who authorizes, negotiates or renegotiates a contract for investment services valued at an amount of fifty thousand dollars or more shall negotiate for, seek or accept employment with a party to the contract prior to one year after the end of the Treasurer's term of office within which such contract for investment services was authorized, negotiated or renegotiated by such Treasurer.
(j) No former executive, judicial or legislative branch or quasi-public agency official or state employee convicted of any felony involving corrupt practices, abuse of office or breach of the public trust shall seek or accept employment as a lobbyist or act as a registrant pursuant to this chapter.
(k) No former Governor shall accept employment or act as a registrant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, for one year after leaving state service, on behalf of any business that received a contract with any department or agency of the state during such Governor's term. No business shall employ a former Governor in violation of this subsection.
(P.A. 83-586, S. 6, 14; P.A. 86-250, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-22, S. 1; 88-225, S. 5, 14; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-144, S. 10, 11; 95-195, S. 6, 83; 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 96-156, S. 5; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6, S. 13, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 80, 121; P.A. 00-43, S. 15, 19; 00-66, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-183, S. 9; 05-287, S. 52; P.A. 06-137, S. 31; June 11 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-3, S. 15; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 21; P.A. 10-18, S. 1; 10-101, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134, 182; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 49; P.A. 14-182, S. 3; P.A. 18-91, S. 66; P.A. 21-164, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 83-586, S. 6, effective January 7, 1987; P.A. 86-250 added Subsec. (e) permitting adoption of regulations to implement provisions of Subsec. (c) prior to January 7, 1987; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9, “banking department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “department of banking”); P.A. 88-22 substituted in Subsec. (c) the office of consumer counsel for the division of consumer counsel; P.A. 88-225 applied provisions of Subsec. (b) to quasi-public agency public officials and state employees, inserted new Subsec. (e) re employment prohibition for certain members and directors of quasi-public agencies, relettered former Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f) and added Subsec. (g) providing that Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) shall not apply to any quasi-public agency employee leaving agency before July 1, 1989; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt from the prohibition of this subsection attorneys who are former employees of the division of criminal justice, “with respect to any representation of a criminal defendant in a matter under the jurisdiction of a court”, effective December 13, 1994; P.A. 95-144 amended Subsec. (b) by applying exception from its provisions for attorneys to any representation in a court matter, instead of to any representation “of a criminal defendant” in a court matter, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-195 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 amended Subsec. (c) to replace Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-156 inserted Subdiv. and Subpara. designations in Subsec. (d) and applied its provisions to persons participating in the approval of a payroll deduction slot; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-6 amended Subsec. (c) to add the Department of Public Safety, inserted new Subsec. (d) re applicability of Subsec. (e) and inserted new Subsec. (e) to prohibit certain public officials and state employees from employment with entities engaged in Indian gaming operations and to prohibit such employment for a period of two years after leaving certain state agencies, relettering prior Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (f) by substituting “3-123g” for “3-123”, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 00-43 added Subsec. (j) re Treasurer's employment with parties to certain investment services contracts, effective May 3, 2000; P.A. 00-66 changed a subsection reference in Subsec. (d); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-183 replaced “commission” and “State Ethics Commission” with “Office of State Ethics” and “Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board” and made technical changes throughout the section, deleted former Subsec. (h) re regulations required to implement provisions of Subsec. (c) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (i) and (j) as Subsecs. (h) and (i), effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-287 added new Subsec. (j) re employment as lobbyist by former state employee or public official convicted of a felony involving corrupt practices, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 06-137 added Subsec. (k) re prohibition on lobbying by former Governor on behalf of any business that received a state contract during such Governor's term, effective July 1, 2006; June 11 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-3 amended Subsec. (f) to provide that no contract party, other than the state, shall employ any former public official or state employee in violation of subsection; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “division within the Department of Public Health” re Office of Health Care Access, effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 10-18 made a technical change in Subsec. (c)(1); P.A. 10-101 amended Subsec. (h) by exempting former state employee of public institution of higher education whose employment was derived from student status from provisions of Subsecs. (b) and (f); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” and “Division of Special Revenue” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Consumer Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (c) to delete Gaming Policy Board from definition of “agency” and amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) to delete references to Gaming Policy Board, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-182 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective June 12, 2014; P.A. 18-91 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “Office of Health Care Access division within the Department of Public Health” with “Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy”, effective May 14, 2018; P.A. 21-164 amended Subsec. (c) by making technical changes and requiring agency in consultation with the office to designate positions instead of office in consultation with the agency, requiring electronic submission of designation by November 1, 2021, and annually thereafter and not later than 30 days after creation of position, amended Subsec. (d) by making technical changes and requiring department in consultation with the office to designate positions instead of office in consultation with the department, requiring electronic submission of designation by November 1, 2021, and annually thereafter and not later than 30 days after creation of position, deleting reference to regulations adopted by the board and definition of “employment” and amended Subsec. (e) by making a conforming change and adding Subdiv. (3) defining “employment”.

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