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Article: Officials to tweak ethics reforms.(City/Region)(But advocates of the law fear any changes will open the door for new loopholes)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2009
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Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard
SALEM - Less than two years after adopting tough ethics requirements for public officials and lobbyists, the Oregon Legislature is considering ways to ease up on those standards.
The lawmaker overseeing the effort said the Legislature is not watering down reforms from 2007, but fine-tuning because of unintended consequences and other problems that came to light after the law's passage.
"We're trying to keep the intent of the law, transparency, as much as possible, while making it as easy as possible for public officials to comply with the requirements," Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin said. The ...