§ 138A-40 – Employment and supervision of members of covered person's or legislative employee's extended family.
138A-40. Employment and supervision of members of covered person’s or legislative employee’s extended family. A covered person or legislative employee shall not cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer, or advancement of an extended family member of the covered person or legislative employee to a State office, or a position to which the covered person or […]
§ 138A-41 – Other ethics standards.
138A-41. Other ethics standards. (a) Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent the Supreme Court, the Committee, the Legislative Services Commission, constitutional officers of the State, heads of principal departments, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, the State Board of Community Colleges, or other boards from adopting additional or supplemental ethics standards […]
§ 138A-45 – Violation consequences.
138A-45. Violation consequences. (a) Violation of Articles 1, 3, or 4 of this Chapter by any covered person or legislative employee is grounds for disciplinary action. Except as specifically provided in this Chapter and for perjury under G.S. 138A-12 and G.S. 138A-24, no criminal penalty shall attach for any violation of Articles 1, 3, 4, […]
§ 138A-38 – Permitted participation exception.
138A-38. Permitted participation exception. (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 138A-36 and G.S. 138A-37, a covered person may participate in an official action or legislative action under any of the following circumstances except as specifically limited: (1) The only interest or reasonably foreseeable benefit or detriment that accrues to the covered person, the covered person’s extended family, business […]
§ 138A-39 – Disqualification to serve.
138A-39. Disqualification to serve. (a) Within 30 days of notice of the Commission’s determination that a public servant has a disqualifying conflict of interest, the public servant shall eliminate the interest that constitutes the disqualifying conflict of interest or resign from the public position. (b) Failure by a public servant to comply with subsection (a) […]
§ 138A-26 – Concealing or failing to disclose material information.
138A-26. Concealing or failing to disclose material information. A filing person who knowingly conceals or knowingly fails to disclose information that is required to be disclosed on a statement of economic interest under this Article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be subject to disciplinary action under G.S. 138A-45. (2006-201, s. […]
§ 138A-27 – Penalty for false information.
138A-27. Penalty for false information. A filing person who provides false information on a statement of economic interest as required under this Article knowing that the information is false is guilty of a Class H felony and shall be subject to disciplinary action under G.S. 138A-45. (2006-201, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), […]
§ 138A-28 – Review and evaluation of statements of economic interest.
138A-28. Review and evaluation of statements of economic interest. (a) The Commission shall receive and review all statements of economic interest pursuant to G.S. 138A-10(a)(4) and shall evaluate whether (i) the statements conform to the law and the rules of the commission, and (ii) the financial interests and other information reported by prospective and actual […]
§ 138A-31 – Use of public position for private gain.
138A-31. Use of public position for private gain. (a) Except as permitted under G.S. 138A-38, a covered person or legislative employee shall not knowingly use the covered person’s or legislative employee’s public position in an official action or legislative action that will result in financial benefit to the covered person or legislative employee, a member […]
§ 138A-32 – Gifts.
138A-32. Gifts. (a) A covered person or a legislative employee shall not knowingly, directly or indirectly, ask, accept, demand, exact, solicit, seek, assign, receive, or agree to receive anything of value for the covered person or legislative employee, or for another person, in return for being influenced in the discharge of the covered person’s or […]