House Journal: Page 277: Tuesday, February 6, 2001
24 a. Economic or investment opportunity. A member
25 or employee of the house shall not solicit or accept
26 economic or investment opportunity under circumstances
27 where the member or employee knows, or should know,
28 that the opportunity is being afforded with the intent
29 to influence the member's or employee's conduct in the
30 performance of official duties. If a member or
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1 employee of the house learns that an economic or
2 investment opportunity previously accepted was offered
3 with the intent of influencing the member's or
4 employee's conduct in the performance of the official
5 duties, the member or employee shall take steps to
6 divest that member or employee of that investment or
7 economic opportunity, and shall report the matter in
8 writing to the chairperson of the house ethics
9 committee.
10 b. Excessive charges for services, goods, or
11 property interests. A member or employee of the house
12 shall not charge to or accept from a person known to
13 have a legislative interest, a price, fee,
14 compensation, or other consideration for the sale or
15 lease of any property or the furnishing of services
16 which is in excess of that which the member or
17 employee would ordinarily charge another person.
18 c. Use of confidential information. A member or
19 employee of the house, in order to further the
20 member's or employee's own economic interests, or
21 those of any other person, shall not disclose or use
22 confidential information acquired in the course of the
23 member's or employee's official duties. For the
24 purpose of this rule, information disclosed in open
25 session at a public meeting under chapter 21 of the
26 Code and information that is a public record under
27 chapter 22 of the Code is not confidential
28 information.
29 d. Employment. A member or employee of the house
30 shall not accept employment, either directly or
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1 indirectly, from a political action committee. A
2 member of the house shall not act as a paid lobbyist
3 for any organization. However, this paragraph shall
4 not prohibit a member or employee of the house from
5 working for a candidate's committee, a political
6 party's action committee, or a political action
7 committee which does not support or oppose expressly
8 advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a
9 candidate for public office in this state or expressly
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