Section WITH. Respect to conflicts of interest  


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  • No authority employee
      should have any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, or
      engage in any business or transaction or professional activity or  incur
      any  obligation of any nature, which is in substantial conflict with the
      proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest.
        3.  Standards.  (a)  No  authority  employee   should   accept   other
      employment, which will impair his or her independence of judgment in the
      exercise of his or her official duties.
        (b)  No  authority  employee should accept employment or engage in any
      business or professional activity which will  require  the  employee  to
      disclose  confidential  information which he or she has gained by reason
      of his or her official position or authority.
        (c) No authority employee  should  disclose  confidential  information
      acquired by the employee in the course of his or her official duties nor
      use such information to further his or her personal interests.
        (d)  No  authority  employee  should  use or attempt to use his or her
      official position to secure unwarranted  privileges  or  exemptions  for
      himself or herself or others.
        (e)  No  authority  employee  should  engage  in  any  transaction  as
      representative or agent of the authority with  any  business  entity  in
      which  he  or she has a direct or indirect financial interest that might
      reasonably tend to conflict with the proper  discharge  of  his  or  her
      official duties.
        (f)  An  authority  employee  should  not  by  his or her conduct give
      reasonable basis for the  impression  that  any  person  can  improperly
      influence  such  employee  or  unduly  enjoy  his  or  her  favor in the
      performance of his or her official duties, or that he or she is affected
      by the kinship, rank, position or influence of any party or person.
        (g)  An  authority  employee  should  abstain  from  making   personal
      investments  in enterprises which he or she has reason to believe may be
      directly involved in decisions to be made by the employee or which  will
      otherwise  create  substantial  conflict  between his or her duty in the
      public interest and his or her private interest.
        (h) An authority employee  should  endeavor  to  pursue  a  course  of
      conduct  which  will not raise suspicion among the public that he or she
      is likely to be engaged in acts that are in  violation  of  his  or  her
      trust.
        (i)  No  authority employee employed on a full-time basis nor any firm
      or association of which such an employee is a  member  nor  authority  a
      substantial  portion  of  the  stock  of  which  is  owned or controlled
      directly or indirectly by such employee should sell goods or services to
      any person, firm, corporation or association which is licensed or  whose
      rates  are  fixed  by  the authority in which such employee serves or is
      employed.
        (j) If any authority employee shall have a financial interest,  direct
      or  indirect,  having  a  value  of  ten thousand dollars or more in any
      activity which is subject to the jurisdiction of a regulatory agency, he
      or she should file with the secretary of state a written statement  that
      he or she has such a financial interest in such activity which statement
      shall be open to public inspection.
        4.  Violations.  In  addition  to  any  penalty contained in any other
      provision of law any such authority employee  who  shall  knowingly  and
      intentionally  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of this section may be
      fined, suspended or removed from office or employment.