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1111C(2)(d)RESTRICTIONS <br /> A public servant and a legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns in excess <br /> of 25%, are prohibited from receiving any thing of economic value for services rendered or to be <br /> rendered to or for the following persons(from persons whom the public servant is also prohibited <br /> from receiving a gift): <br /> 1. Any person who has or is seeking to obtain a contractual,business or financial relationship <br /> with the public servant's agency; OR <br /> 2. Any person who conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public <br /> employee's agency; OR <br /> 3. Any person who has a substantial economic interest which may be substantially affected <br /> by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official job duties. <br /> *NOTE: A"public servant'is an elected official or a public employee. <br /> Example#2:You are an employee of the Department of Environmental Quality <br /> `YcLe whose official job duty is to visit alleged hazardous waste sites and determine if the <br /> area is dangerous to the health of nearby residents. Could you work,on the weekend, <br /> for the owner of the land you have to analyze? <br /> Answer: No,because the landowner has a substantial economic interest in the <br /> v � outcome of your survey. For example,he may have to pay expensive clean up costs <br /> or his property value may fall depending on the results of your survey. This being the <br /> case,the landowner would be a prohibited source of income for you. <br /> Example#3:You area member of a police jury. Could you work for a private <br /> company that is negotiating with the police jury to construct a new building to <br /> house the offices for the police jury? <br /> Answer: No. Because that private company is seeking a contractual <br /> relationship with the police jury,it would be a prohibited source of income for you. <br /> If the negotiations fail and the private company will not construct the new building, <br /> then it would cease being a prohibited source of income for you. However, if <br /> negotiations were to resume at a later date, the company would once again be a <br /> prohibited source of income for you. <br /> COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS <br /> Section 1111C(1)of the Code evokes a couple of common misconceptions. For example,public servants often <br /> believe that if the services to be rendered are to be provided after hours,then there can be no Ethics Code violation <br /> in providing those services. This is not true. Providing the services after hours does not prevent a violation of the <br /> Code from occurring. This restriction depends on the type of services you want to provide. <br /> Another common misconception surrounding Section 1111C(l)is that if the additional services are not services <br /> you normally provide as a part of your job,then there can be no Ethics Code violation in providing those services. <br /> This is also not true. This Section was specifically designed to cover situations where the additional services to <br /> be provided are not identical to the services provided during work hours,but are so close or similar in nature to <br /> Prohibited Sources Fact Sheet Page 2 <br />