Montgomery, AL – Legislators, mayors, city council members and county commissioners would be going back to the classroom under a bill approved by a House committee.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill by Republican Rep. Paul DeMarco of Homewood that would require mandatory ethics training for legislators and other public officials.
Ethics Commission director Jim Sumner said the bill also makes a number of technical changes to the state's ethics law. He said the changes were requested by the commission to make it easier to investigate a case of an ethics violation.
A similar bill was introduced last year, but did not pass. This year's bill adds mayors, city council members and county commissioners to the list of people required to receive the training.
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