Commission Advisory Opinions

A Formal Advisory Opinion issued by the members of the Alabama Ethics Commission answers a question based on the information and facts presented by an individual or group and protects the requestor(s) and any other person/group who reasonably relying, in good faith, on the issued opinion in a materially like circumstance from liability to the state, a county, or a municipal entity.

Advisory Opinions are available for viewing and begin with rulings from October 1, 1995 (first Advisory Opinion is AO95-67) and continues to current date. You may search by the actual Advisory number (i.e. AO2016-05, AO2002-07, etc.; for the years 1995-1999 use only the last two digits of the year Example – 99-02, 97-15), or a relevant word, name or phrase.

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Results 31 - 40 of 158 for individual capacity.
AO96-48.pdf
individual shall within two years of his or her departure from such employment solicit or accept employment with such private business, corporation, partnership, or individual. Dear Commissioner ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO96-48.pdf.pdf
AO98-13ALL
individual or business that they regulate or a vendor that does business with the GSA and the Oil and Gas Board. Based on the above law and the facts as provided, employees of the Geological Survey ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO98-13ALL.pdf
AO2015-18pdf
individual or group who may feel coerced or otherwise pressured into giving business to the public official's private company. While the public official, on behalf of her private business, may ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2015-18pdf.pdf
AO2014-05.pdf
" A public official or public employee may not, under any circumstances, solicit a thing of value from a subordinate, a vendor doing business with that public entity, or an individual or entity that ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2014-05.pdf.pdf
AO96-30.pdf
Once the first threshold is met, and it is determined that a person does fall within the definition of a lobbyist, then the law further requires that the individual file lobbyist registration forms ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO96-30.pdf.pdf
AO2015-14.pdf
Any other individual or entity that may feel coerced to contribute given her position. 2. She cannot fundraise in her official capacity or fundraise based on the fact that she is a public official, ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2015-14.pdf.pdf
AO2010-05ALL
For purposes of the Alabama Ethics Law, it does not matter whether an individual appointed to serve on a municipal agency, board or commission is compensated for that service for the provisions of ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2010-05ALL.pdf
AO97-03ALL
individual use their public office to benefit the private real estate firm; that the Councilperson/real estate associate's future employment with the real estate firm is not contingent on the Water ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO97-03ALL.pdf
AO98-22ALL
individual shall within two years of his or her departure from such employment solicit or accept employment with such private business, corporation, partnership, or individual." Section 36-25-8 ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO98-22ALL.pdf
AO99-32.pdf
individual shall within two years of his or her departure ftom such employment solicit or accept employmentwith such private business, corporation, partnership, or individual." Based on the above ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO99-32.pdf.pdf
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