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Sec. A3-31. Financial conflicts. (Restatement of existing state law)

(a) All aspects of conflict of interest provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 as amended, including disclosure, disqualification standards, limitations on gifts, and enforcement are applicable to Board members. The following provisions are intended to summarize provisions of the Act; and care must be taken to consult the extensive body of general California law which governs financial conflicts.

(b) Existing general California law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, prohibits Board members from making, participating in making, or attempting in any way to use an official position to influence a governmental decision in which the member knows or has reason to know he or she has a financial interest.

(c) The Political Reform Act disqualifies an official from participating in a governmental decision which affects the economic interest of a Board member generally as set forth below.

(1) The decision affects the member's personal financial status, or that of his or her spouse or dependent children.

(2) The decision affects a business entity located in, doing business in, owning real property in, or planning to do business in the County, in which the member, or his or her spouse or dependent child has an investment of $1,000.00 or more.

(3) The decision affects real estate (real property) located in the County and the member, or his or her spouse or dependent child has an interest of $1,000.00 or more in that real estate.

(4) The decision affects a person, business entity, or nonprofit entity from whom the member has received gifts of $250.00 or more in the past 12 months.

(5) The decision affects a business entity, other than a nonprofit organization, in which the member is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds a position of management.

(6) The decision affects a person, business entity, or nonprofit entity located in, doing business in, owning real property in, or planning to do business in the County, from which the member has received income of $250.00 or more, or the member's spouse has received income of $500.00 or more, in the past 12 months.

(Ord. No. NS-19.30.4, § 1, 9-23-97)

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