Section WITH. Respect to conflicts of interest

No authority employee
  shall 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 shall 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 shall 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  shall  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 shall 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  shall  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  shall  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  shall  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 shall 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  corporation  a
  substantial  portion  of  the  stock  of  which  is  owned or controlled
  directly or indirectly by such employee, shall 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.