It is unlawful for a state agency employee or local government agency employee who is participating directly or indirectly in the contracting process to become or to be, while such an employee, the employee of any person or business contracting with the governmental body by whom the employee is employed.

History: Laws 2011, ch. 138, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 138, § 15 made Laws 2011, ch. 138, § 1 effective July 1, 2011.

The Governmental Conduct Act does not generally prohibit a public employee from accepting another job. — The Governmental Conduct Act does not generally prohibit a public employee from having a second paying job as long as the employee discloses the job to the employee's employer, the employee is not being paid for work already performed as a public employee, and there is no conflict between the employee's public employment and secondary employment such that the positions are otherwise incompatible. 2025 Op. Ethics Comm'n No. 2025-02.