H.B. 292

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PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
2 ETHICS ACT - EXEMPTIONS
3 2001 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway
6 This act modifies the Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act by removing an exemption
7 for contracts with professional golf association members who are public employees. This act
8 makes technical corrections.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 67-16-8, as last amended by Chapter 93, Laws of Utah 1990
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 67-16-8 is amended to read:
14 67-16-8. Participation in transaction involving business as to which public officer or
15 employee has interest -- Exceptions.
16 [(1) No] A public officer or public employee [shall] may not participate in his official
17 capacity or receive compensation [in respect to] for any transaction between the state or any of its
18 agencies and any business entity [as to] for which [such] the public officer or public employee is
19 also an officer, director, or employee or owns a substantial interest, unless disclosure has been
20 made as provided under Section 67-16-7 .
21 [(2) A concession contract between an agency, political subdivision, or the state and a
22 certified professional golf association member who is a public employee or officer does not violate
23 the provisions of Subsection (1) or Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13.]

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-29-01 9:42 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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