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 11 - 20 of 157 for individual capacity.
Alabama FCPA - Unofficial Restated Version (2022)
An individual who has done any of the following: a. Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for nomination or for election to any state office or local ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/Alabama FCPA - Unofficial Restated Version (2022).pdf
AO2011-07ALL
individual is responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved, and where the activity is allowed under the NCAA Constitution and Bylaws. Thing Of
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2011-07ALL.pdf
AO2006-12.pdf
individual or entity before the Alabama Department of Revenue. The former Director of Special Projects with the Alabama Department of Revenue may represent private companies, Alabama local ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2006-12.pdf.pdf
Microsoft Word - Guidelines for Public Officials and Employees June 2012
" "(d) No public official or public employee who personally participates in the direct regulation, audit, or investigation of a private business, corporation, partnership, or individual shall within ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/GuidelinesPublicOfficialsEmployees7-2012.pdf
AO2004-16.pdf
Once such a determination is made, any individual and/or entity may seek a CON, authorizing it to operate those beds. However, said entity or person would have to demonstrate that the proposal ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2004-16.pdf.pdf
AO2003-58.pdf
individual employed on a part-time basis whose employment is limited to providing professional services other than lobbying, the compensation for which constitutes less than 50 percent of the ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2003-58.pdf.pdf
AO96-37.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. Subsequent to June ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO96-37.pdf.pdf
AO2005-27.pdf
individual has or has not violated the Ethics Law, as this would amount to an ex post facto law which is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. That determination can only be made after a full and ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2005-27.pdf.pdf
AO2011-02ALL
As discussed above, absent Commission clarification an individual who communicates with a public official/employee of state government in the ordinary course of his or her regular employment for the
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2011-02ALL.pdf
AO2003-06.pdf
Watson represents an individual employed by a department of a municipal government, which would be considered a regulatory body. This entity regulates the activities of real estate developers and ...
http://ethics.alabama.gov/docs/pdf/AO2003-06.pdf.pdf
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