Civil Service (Appointments) Law (Amendment – Duty to Publish a Questionnaire for Identifying Potential Conflicts of Interest) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal adds a section to the Civil Service Law requiring every candidate for a position in the civil service to fill out a questionnaire identifying potential conflicts of interest, and places on the Civil Service Commissioner the responsibility to publish the questionnaires with public access. The proposal sets exceptions: the Civil Service Commissioner or the Attorney General may exempt a particular questionnaire, or those of candidates for a particular public authority, from publication for special reasons to be recorded, and prevent the publication of information that the law prohibits disclosing. When a questionnaire is not published, the considerations justifying this will be published.