Public Ethics, Joint Commission on
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Mission
The mission of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) is to promote public trust in government by ensuring compliance with the State's ethics and lobbying laws. Established in 2011 by the Public Integrity Reform Act, JCOPE was granted broad oversight over both the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
JCOPE provides information, education and guidance regarding current ethics and lobbying laws, and ensures compliance with these laws through audits, investigations and enforcement proceedings. JCOPE has jurisdiction over 250,000 Executive and Legislative officials and employees, who file approximately 27,000 financial disclosure statements annually, as well as approximately 6,900 lobbyists and their 4,600 clients who reported spending $226 million for their lobbying efforts during 2014. The Commission also makes available to the public required disclosures filed by those under its jurisdiction.
Budget Highlights
The FY 2017 Executive Budget recommends $5.6 million and a workforce of 58 FTEs for JCOPE, unchanged from the FY 2016 budget.
| Category | Available 2015-16 |
Appropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
Change From 2015-16 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2016-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 5,582,000 | 5,582,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5,582,000 | 5,582,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Program | 2015-16 Estimated FTEs 03/31/16 |
2016-17 Estimated FTEs 03/31/17 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Ethics | |||
| General Fund | 58 | 58 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 58 | 0 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/13/2016