House: Require financial info from officials, limit lobbying
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Elected state officials would be required to disclose personal financial information in annual reports and would be banned from becoming lobbyists until two years after leaving office under bills approved Wednesday in the House.
Michigan is among just two states where lawmakers do not have to file disclosure reports, which can reveal conflicts of interest.
The bipartisan legislation would mandate that legislators, the governor, attorney general, secretary of state and other state officers submit financial forms. But they would be kept secret until the officials exit office, drawing dissent from about three-dozen House members in what otherwise is a government ethics and transparency package with broad support.