Conflict of Interest Policy (Title 4)
4-1-1 : GENERAL POLICY:
The public judges its government by the way public officials and employees conduct themselves in the posts to which they are elected or appointed. The people have a right to expect that every official and employee will conduct himself in a manner that will tend to preserve public confidence in and respect for the government he represents. Such confidence and respect can best be promoted if every official and employee, whether paid or unpaid, and whether elected or appointed, will uniformly treat all citizens with courtesy, impartiality, fairness and equality under the laws and avoid both actual and potential conflicts between their private self-interests and the public interests. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-1-2 : FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT:
No employee shall grant or make available to any person any consideration, treatment, advantage or favor beyond that which it is the general practice to grant or make available to residents and landowners within the district at large. No employee shall request use or permit the use of any district owned or district supported property, vehicle, equipment, labor or service for the personal convenience or the private advantage of himself or any other person. The provisions hereof shall not be deemed to prohibit any employee from requesting, using or permitting the use of such district owned or district supported property, vehicle, equipment, material, labor or service which it is the general practice to make available to residents and landowners within the district at large, or which is provided as a matter of stated policy for the use of employees in the conduct of official business. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-2-1 : CONTRACTUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
Neither any member of the board, nor any officer or employee of the district, shall be financially interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, except as otherwise permitted by law, nor shall they be made by them in their official capacity, nor shall they be purchasers at any sale nor vendors at any purchase by them in their official capacity, except as otherwise permitted by law. Members of the board and officers and employees of the district shall observe and comply with all of the provisions of California Government Code, article 4 of chapter 1 of division 4 commencing with section 1090. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-2-2 : ECONOMIC CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
All members of the board and officers and employees of the district shall observe and comply with the provisions of California Government Code, title 1, division 45 commencing with section 3600. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-2-3 : POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974:
On and after the effective date of the political reform act of 1974, all members of the board and officers and employees of the district shall observe and comply with the provisions of California Government Code, title 9, chapter 7 commencing with section 87100. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-2-4 : MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Gifts And Favors: No member of the board or officer or employee of the district shall accept any gift, whether in the form of money, thing, favor, loan or promise, that would not be offered or given to him if he were not a member of the board or employee of the district.
B. Confidential Information: No member of the board or official or employee of the district, without prior formal authorization from the board, shall disclose any confidential information concerning any person. (Ord. 2, 2-25-1975)
4-2-5 : CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODES:
A. Regulations Of The Fair Political Practices Commission: All members of the board and other designated employees of the district shall observe and comply with the provisions of California Code of Regulations, regulation 2, section 18730, which contains the terms of a standard conflict of interest code, and any amendments to it duly adopted by the fair political practices commission.
B. Kern County Provisions: Stallion Springs CSD is governed by its Conflict of Interest code as approved by the Kern County board of supervisors, a copy of which is on file at the district office. (Ord. 99, 7-20-1995; amd. Ord. 120, 9-17-2001)