There is hereby established a Board of Ethics.
[Added 8-21-2012 by L.L. No. 45-2012]
A. Any reference
to the Suffolk County Ethics Commission, its members, chairman or
executive director in any other resolution, local law, charter law,
ordinance, rule, or regulation of the County of Suffolk or in any
state or federal law, rule, or regulation shall be construed in the
first instance as reference to the Board of Ethics, its members, chairperson
or executive director, anything in any other law, rule or regulation
to the contrary notwithstanding.
B. For calendar
year 2012 only, the Board, by a supermajority vote of its total membership,
may extend the deadline referenced in any local law, charter law,
resolution, rule or regulation applicable to the Board to a date deemed
appropriate by the Board; provided, however, that the deadline for
filing financial disclosure statements may not be extended beyond
December 31, 2012 and no other 2012 deadline may be extended beyond
June 30, 2013.
C. All property
and equipment heretofore associated with, and utilized by, the Ethics
Commission but inventoried to the Law Department, and all other property,
equipment and records and confidential files associated with, and
utilized by, the Ethics Commission wherever situated, shall be transferred
and delivered to the Board of Ethics. For purposes of this subdivision,
records and confidential files shall be construed broadly to include,
but not be limited to, financial disclosure forms, opinions, requests
for opinions, budgets, procurement documents, contracts, vouchers,
requisitions, records of accounts, if any, and correspondence, notes
and documents in any form whatsoever created or used in the ordinary
course of business of the Ethics Commission.
[Added 12-1-2020 by L.L. No. 52-2020]
All members of the Board shall receive a minimum of two hours
of training annually on all applicable provisions of law relating
to conflicts of interest and ethics at the federal, state, and County
level which are necessary for the discharge of their duties. The training
shall be provided by either the County Law Department or through an
outside counsel/trainer selected via a competitive request for proposals.