County Executive Officer Disclosures

The bill requires coroners, clerks and recorders, and assessors (county officers) to file written disclosures of their financial interest in specified businesses regulated by their respective offices within 30 days of taking office or 30 days of acquiring the financial interest, whichever is later. The filing is a public record. A county officer who has disclosed a financial interest may not participate in an official action that would directly and specifically affect that business in which the county officer has a financial interest.The bill also requires coroners to annually disclose, on an aggregate basis, the number of referrals of remains made by the corner to any mortuary, funeral home, crematory, or other death-care provider. No personal identifying information related to the decedent or the decedent's family may be disclosed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)