The chief of a West Hartford nonprofit promoting working families will pay a $10,000 ethics fine — one of the largest meted out by Connecticut — for failing to register as a lobbyist while pressing support for sick-leave legislation.
Jon Green, executive director of Connecticut Working Families, agreed to the fine, the Office of State Ethics (OSE) said Thursday.
OSE Executive Director Carol Carson said Green’s fine is one of the largest levied in her office’s six-year existence.
According to the ethics office, Green failed to register or wear a lobbyist badge while at the Capitol or in contact with lawmakers more than 100 times to promote legislation ultimately adopted by state lawmakers and signed by the governor last spring.
As part of his settlement with the state, Green agreed to notify OSE if he spends more than 10 hours lobbying, and to register if he spends 20 hours or more doing so.
He also must log for the next five year all his contacts with public officials and state employees and must permit OSE to review it upon request.
A message left for Green at his agency’s office was not immediately returned Thursday.
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