Ballou v. State Ethics Commission

OPINION by

Judge Rogers,

The Act of October 4, 1978 (Ethics Act), P.L. 883 65 P.S. §401 et seq. requires public officers and employees annually to file statements of their financial interests.1 Richard D. Ballou has filed a Petition for Review addressed to our original jurisdiction seeking injunctive and declaratory relief from this requirement which The State Ethics Commission, the agency charged with enforcing the Ethics Act, has by regulation declared applies to municipal solicitors. Mr. Ballou who serves as solicitor to a county coroner, a municipal authority and several townships, raises…