2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-G* - Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-QQQQ*2 - Code of Ethics.

* §  1199-qqqq. Code of ethics. 1. Definition. As used in this section
the term "authority employee" shall mean any member, officer or employee
of the authority.
2. Rule with respect to conflicts of interest. No  authority  employee
should 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 should 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 should 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  should  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  should  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  should  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  should  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  should  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  should  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, should 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  services
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.
* NB There are 2 § 1199-qqqq's