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Atta~hm~~t C' <br />ItiTHIC'S I~E.C,~IIREI~~ENTS F(JR L{~C:~T. C3i)~%ER'~ING IiC~ARUS <br />In ?t}U4 the General .~ssebl}° passed and Gc?~`er~~or F~erdue signed into la~~= le~slatio~7 <br />requri.n~ ethics education for Ic~cal ~o~=ernin~ boards. <br />The County Con~rxtissioners must, «~thin 1.2 months after their election or appointment and <br />main ~e~7th.n 1? months of each subsequent election. or appointment to office, recei~~e tti~~o hours of <br />ethics training. Such trainin ;may be fratn any- qualified source. <br />'North Carolina. General Statute ~ 160-~7 Reads: <br />(a) X11 n~en~bers of ~o~=emin~ hoards of cities. counties, local l:roarcis of education, <br />uzii.fied ~,o~•ern.mnts, santar~° districts, and consolidated city=-ct~untes shall receii~e a <br />~niniinum of tw=o clock hours of ethit:s educatio~~ ~~-itl~in l2 n~onth_s~ after initial election or <br />appointment t:o the office and main ~~~ithin l'? rn.onths afier each. subsequent election ter <br />appointment to the office. <br />{h~ ~I"hc ethics education shall coy=er la1~rs and principles that ~a~°en~ conflicts of` interest <br />and c;thical standards of conduct at the local ~o~~emment Ie~=el. y <br />("c) The ethics education rr~ay be pro~~ided by the North Carolina l.~ea~ue of <br />I~~iunicipalities, '~lorth Carolina I~ssocation of County Commissioners, l~t~rth Carolina. <br />School Boards ~.ssociati~n, the School of Cta~-ernment at tl~e Utiiversit~° of I`vorth C<~rolina at <br />Chapel 1-iill, or other qualified sources at dze choice: of the ~o~°ez~xin~ board.. <br />~d) The clerk to the governing bc7ard shall maintain a record i=erify~ing receipt of the <br />ethics education by each member of the governing, board,. (`?tJfI9-~(I ~. s. I,) <br />14 <br />1 <br />