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Ohio: Former Corrections Director Prohibited from Consulting on Jail Issues for 12 Months After Retirement
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2010, page 40
Responding to a request for an advisory opinion from Terry J. Collins, who retired as Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) effective January 31, 2010, the Ohio Ethics Commission concluded that the state’s Revolving Door Law, R.C. 102.03(A)(1), which was designed to prohibit former public officials …
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