Bouch v. State Ethics Commission

OPINION BY

Senior Judge KELLEY.

Ronald Bouch petitions for review of an order of the State Ethics Commission (Commission) which determined that Bouch violated Section 1103(a) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a). We reverse.

The facts of this case are as follows. Bouch is a Supervisor for South Newton Township (Township) 1 and thus a public official within the ambit of the Ethics Act. In response to a sworn complaint, the Commission filed an Investigative Complaint against Bouch for alleged violations of the Ethics Act. The Investigative Complaint…