Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Develop Recommendations for Ethical Standards for the Executive Branch

Sec. 1. Commission to develop recommendations on ethical standards for the executive branch. Resolved: That the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices shall examine existing ethical standards that govern members of the executive branch and develop advisory recommendations regarding the establishment of statutory ethical standards for the executive branch and submit a report, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs no later than December 3, 2009. The commission shall seek input from members of the executive branch in developing these standards. The Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs is authorized to report out legislation based on this report to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.