Section 74-404 – REQUIRED ACTION IN CONFLICTS.
74-404. REQUIRED ACTION IN CONFLICTS. A public official shall not take any official action or make a formal decision or formal recommendation concerning any matter where he has a conflict of interest and has failed to disclose such conflict as provided in this section. Disclosure of a conflict does not affect an elected public official’s […]
Section 74-405 – NONCOMPENSATED PUBLIC OFFICIAL — EXCEPTION.
74-405. NONCOMPENSATED PUBLIC OFFICIAL — EXCEPTION. When a person is a public official by reason of his appointment or election to a governing board of a governmental entity for which the person receives no salary or fee as compensation for his service on said board, he shall not be prohibited from having an interest in […]
Section 74-406 – CIVIL PENALTY.
74-406. CIVIL PENALTY. (1) Any public official who intentionally fails to disclose a conflict of interest as provided for in section 74-404, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a civil offense, the penalty for which may be a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not […]
Section 74-401 – SHORT TITLE.
74-401. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ethics in Government Act of 2015." History: [74-401, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 373.]
Section 74-402 – POLICY AND PURPOSE.
74-402. POLICY AND PURPOSE. It is hereby declared that the position of a public official at all levels of government is a public trust and it is in the public interest to: (1) Protect the integrity of government throughout the state of Idaho while at the same time facilitating recruitment and retention of personnel needed […]
Section 74-403 – DEFINITIONS.
74-403. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Official action" means any decision on, or proposal, consideration, enactment, defeat, or making of any rule, regulation, rate-making proceeding or policy action or nonaction by a governmental body or any other policy matter which is within the official jurisdiction of the governmental body. (2) "Business" means any […]