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Referendum on Lackawanna County Home Rule Charter Amendment

What does this measure do?

Supports: Anti-Corruption

County officials and staff would face a ban on stock trades and bets using private facts from county work, plus annual ethics reports. Taxpayers would pay for county report work, but this measure sets no new tax.

More about this measure

Proposed by: Citizen petition filed by Jennifer K. Partyka

A citizen petitioner seeking a ban on trades and bets using private county job information, plus annual ethics reports.

Source: lackawanna.legistar.com

A YES vote means

Ban county officials and staff from trading stocks or betting on future events using private facts from county work. Require annual ethics and trading reports by the county lawyer; no new tax is set.

A NO vote means

Keep the current county charter without this added trading ban or annual reporting duty. This measure would create no new county reporting work or tax.

No financial records found for this ballot measure.

Sources: cms8.revize.com · lackawanna.legistar.com

Source: lackawannacounty.org