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(a) Conflict of Interest. Commissioners and employees shall comply with Tribal conflict of interest policies, as provided to the Board or Authority’s executive director, or Authority conflict of interest policies that are at least as strict as Tribal policies.

(b) Mandatory Disclosure. During a commissioner’s or employee’s tenure and for one year thereafter, no commissioner or employee of the Authority, or any member of any governing body of the Tribe, or any other public official who exercises any responsibilities or functions with regard to a project, shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract relating to any project, unless prior to such acquisition, the person discloses his or her interest in writing to the Council and to the Board and such disclosure is entered upon the minutes of the Board. The commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the Authority relating to the property or contract in which that person has any such interest. If any commissioner or employee of the Authority involuntarily acquires any such interest, or voluntarily or involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or employment as a commissioner or employee, the commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose his interest in writing to the Board and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board. A commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the Authority relating to any property or contract in which that person has any such interest.

(c) Disclosure of Personal Benefit. Any commissioner receiving a personal benefit from a project shall immediately disclose the benefit in writing to the Council and to the Board, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board.

(d) Misconduct. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.

(e) Inapplicability. This section shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in obligations of the Authority issued in connection with any project or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the depositor handling of funds in connection with a project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture, or to utility services the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency, or to membership on the Board. [Ord. 37A § 4404, adopted, 6/6/2014.]