Source: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/520-00-00-4
Timestamp: 2020-06-01 20:44:51
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 36', '§ 36', '§ 36', '§ 36', '§ 36', '§ 1', 'art 4', '§ 36']

Financial Disclosure (520-RICR-00-00-4) - Rhode Island Department of State
Financial Disclosure (520-RICR-00-00-4)
520-RICR-00-00-4 ACTIVE RULE
4.1	Information Voluntarily Supplied (1029)
A.	A public official or employee who is not required to file a financial disclosure statement pursuant to the Code of Ethics may voluntarily choose to file such statement, or any other document otherwise required, with the Commission. The Commission shall accept such documents which shall be treated in the same manner as documents received from persons required to submit them.
B.	A person subject to the Code of Ethics may choose to submit information in excess of that which is required under the Code. Such information shall be treated in the same manner as information required to be filed. The Commission will not, however, accept any document in lieu of appropriately completed forms.
4.2	Continuing Duty to File a Financial Statement After Leaving Office (36-14-16004)
4.3	Commission Mailings (36-14-16001)
4.4	Occupational Income (36-14-17001)
4.5	Executive Positions (36-14-17002)
The name and address of any business as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-2(2) which the public official, his or her spouse or dependent child is a director, officer, partner, trustee, or holds a supervisory management position must be listed.
4.6	Real Estate Interest (36-14-17003)
A financial interest in real estate shall include direct as well as indirect ownership through a trust or other entity, mortgages, options to buy, sell, or lease for a long term, and other interests in real estate, held individually or collectively by persons under R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-17(a).
4.7	Trust Income (36-14-17004)
4.8	Business Positions (36-14-17005)
4.9	Doing Business with a State or Municipal Agency (36-14-17006)
4.10	Business Interest (36-14-17007)
Disclosure of business interest under R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-17(b)(1) shall include an ownership interest of ten percent (10%) or greater, or a cash value interest amounting to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or greater, individually or collectively relating to all persons under R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-17(a), at any time during the calendar year.
4.11	Leadership Positions with Not-For-Profit Organizations (36-14-17008)
4.12	Out-of-State Travel (36-14-17009)
A.	Any public official or employee who is required to file a yearly financial statement pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-16(a) shall disclose the source, value and description of any out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment having an aggregate fair market value or actual cost greater than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) provided by any person or entity, other than the state or municipal agency of which he or she is a member or by which he or she is employed or his or her regular private employer, if under the totality of the circumstances it is more likely than not that the person or entity would not have provided the travel but for the official’s or employee’s public office or position.
B.	Circumstances indicating that the person or entity would not have provided the travel but for the official's or employee's public office or position may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:
1.	The official or employee became acquainted with the provider through his or her public agency;
2.	The official or employee was offered the out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment through a communication sent to or through the public official's or employee's agency;
3.	Other officials or employees in the same agency are offered, or have been offered, out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment from the provider;
4.	The official's or employee's counterparts in other public agencies or jurisdictions have been offered similar out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment by the provider;
5.	The provider is affiliated with any "interested person," as defined by § 1.4.2 of this Subchapter, or has allowed an interested person to underwrite expenses associated with the out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment;
6.	The provider is an entity whose membership is limited to, or is largely comprised of, public officials;
7.	The official or employee had not received out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment from the provider prior to attaining his or her public office or employment;
8.	If the out-of-state travel and related transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment involves attendance at an event, any written references by the provider or affiliated persons relative to the public official's or employee's attendance or participation refer to his or her public office, duties or agency.
9.	If the travel involves a conference or seminar, the subject matter of the conference or seminar directly pertains to the public official's or employee's official duties.
Part 4 Financial Disclosure (520-RICR-00-00-4)
R.I. Const., art. III, sec. 8; R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-9
This technical revision is being filed to reformat the regulation for publication into the Rhode Island Code of Regulations. This filing combines the following regulations into one Part (520-RICR-00-00-4) entitled "Financial Disclosure:" ERLID 1824, "1029 - Information Voluntarily Supplied"; ERLID 1786, "36-14-16004 - Continuing Duty to File a Financial Statement After Leaving Office"; ERLID 1785, "36-14-16001 - Commission Mailings"; ERLID 1787, "36-14-17001 - Occupational Income"; ERLID 4450, "36-14-17002 - Executive Positions"; ERLID 1789, "36-14-17003 - Real Estate Interest"; ERLID 1790, "36-14-17004 - Trust Income"; ERLID 1791, "36-14-17005 - Business Positions"; ERLID 1792, "36-14-17006 - Doing Business with a State or Municipal Agency"; ERLID 1793, "36-14-17007 - Business Interest"; ERLID 5133, "36-14-17008 - Leadership Positions with Not-for-Profit Organizations"; and ERLID 7133, "36-14-17009 - Out-of-State Travel." No substantive changes have been made to the text of any of these regulations. This technical revision is intended to combine these regulations into one Part.
ACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 05/25/2018 to Current
INACTIVE RULE Adoption - effective from 12/11/2012 to 05/25/2018
INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 01/28/2002 to 05/25/2018
INACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 01/28/2002 to 01/28/2002