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 him
      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.