NY Gen Mun L § 808 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 18 - Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees 808 - Boards of Ethics.

§  808.  Boards  of  ethics.  1.  The governing body of any county may   establish  a  county  board  of  ethics  and  appropriate   moneys   for   maintenance  and  personal services in connection therewith. The members   of such board of ethics shall be appointed by such governing body except   in the case of a county operating under an optional or alternative  form   of  county government or county charter, in which case the members shall   be appointed by the county executive or county manager, as the case  may   be, subject to confirmation by such governing body. Such board of ethics   shall consist of at least three members, a majority of whom shall not be   officers  or  employees  of  such  county  or  municipalities  wholly or   partially located in such county and at least one of whom  shall  be  an   elected or appointed officer or employee of the county or a municipality   located  within  such county. The members of such board shall receive no   salary or compensation for their services as members of such  board  and   shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.2.  The board shall render advisory opinions to officers and employees   of municipalities wholly or partly within the  county  with  respect  to   this  article  and  any  code  of  ethics  adopted pursuant hereto. Such   advisory opinions shall be rendered pursuant to the written  request  of   any  such  officer  or  employee under such rules and regulations as the   board may prescribe and shall have the advice of counsel employed by the   board, or if none,  the  county  attorney.  In  addition,  it  may  make   recommendations  with  respect to the drafting and adoption of a code of   ethics or amendments thereto upon the request of the governing  body  of   any municipality in the county.3.  The  governing  body  of  any municipality other than a county may   establish a local board of ethics and, where such governing body  is  so   authorized,  appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal services in   connection therewith. A local board shall have all the powers and duties   of and shall be governed by the same conditions as  a  county  board  of   ethics,  except  that  it  shall  act  only with respect to officers and   employees of the municipality that has established such board or of  its   agencies. The members of a local board shall be appointed by such person   or  body  as may be designated by the governing body of the municipality   to serve at the pleasure of the  appointing  authority  and  such  board   shall  consist  of  at  least  three members, a majority of whom are not   otherwise officers or employees of such municipality. Such  board  shall   include  at  least  one  member who is an elected or appointed municipal   officer or employee.4. The county board of ethics  shall  not  act  with  respect  to  the   officers and employees of any municipality located within such county or   agency thereof, where such municipality has established its own board of   ethics,  except  that the local board may at its option refer matters to   the county board.5. A board of ethics of a political subdivision (as defined in section   eight hundred ten of this article) and of any other municipality,  which   is  required  by  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution to be, or which   pursuant  to  legal  authority,  in  practice  is,  the  repository  for   completed  annual  statements  of  financial  disclosure  shall  file  a   statement with the clerk of its municipality, that it is the  authorized   repository for completed annual statements of financial disclosure.