House Journal: Page 220: Tuesday, February 4, 2003
5 member's or employee's conduct in the performance of
6 official duties. If a member or employee of the house
7 is afforded goods or services by another person at a
8 price that is not available to other members or
9 classes of members of the general public or is
10 afforded goods or services that are not available to
11 other members or classes of members of the general
12 public by another person where the member or employee
13 knows or should know that the other person intends to
14 influence the member's or employee's official conduct,
15 the member or employee shall not take or purchase the
16 goods or services.
17 3. APPEARANCE BEFORE STATE AGENCY. A member or
18 employee of the house may appear before a state agency
19 in any representation case but shall not act as a
20 lobbyist with respect to the passage, defeat,
21 approval, veto, or modification of any legislation,
22 rule, or executive order. Whenever a member or
23 employee of the house appears before a state agency,
24 the member or employee shall carefully avoid all
25 conduct which might in any way lead members of the
26 general public to conclude that the member or employee
27 is using the member's or employee's official position
28 to further the member's or employee's professional
29 success or personal financial interest.
30 4. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. In order for the
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1 general assembly to function effectively, members of
2 the house may be required to vote on bills and
3 participate in committee work which will affect their
4 employment and other areas in which they may have a
5 monetary interest. Action on bills and committee work
6 which furthers a member's specific employment,
7 specific investment, or other specific interest, as
8 opposed to the interests of the public in general or
9 the interests of a profession, trade, business, or
10 other class of persons, shall be avoided. In making a
11 decision relative to a member's activity on particular
12 bills or in committee work, the following factors
13 should be considered:
14 a. Whether a substantial threat to the member's
15 independence of judgment has been created by the
16 conflict situation.
17 b. The effect of the member's participation on
18 public confidence in the integrity of the general
19 assembly.
20 c. Whether the member's participation is likely to
21 have any significant effect on the disposition of the
22 matter.
23 d. The need for the member's particular
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