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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-707 <br /> Page 4 of 11 <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> Section 1119 of the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits an immediate family of an <br /> agency head and a member of a governing authority from being employed in such agency head's <br /> agency and governing authority member's governmental entity. Section 1119 provides narrow <br /> exceptions to the nepotism prohibitions. Sections 1119A, 1119C and 1119D of the Code provide <br /> in pertinent part: <br /> §1119. Nepotism <br /> A. No member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his <br /> agency. <br /> C.(2)The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the continued employment of <br /> any public employee nor shall it be construed to hinder, alter, or in any way affect <br /> normal promotional advancements for such public employee where a men'ber of <br /> immediate family becoming the agency head. <br /> D. A willful violation of this Section shall subject the agency head, member of the <br /> governing authority, the public employee having authority to hire and fire the <br /> employee,the immediate supervisor of the employee, whether or not such persons <br /> are immediate family members of the employee,and such employee,to disciplinary <br /> action and penalties provided by this Chapter. <br /> 2. <br /> Section 1112 of the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits a public servant from <br /> participating in transactions involving his governmental entity in which his immediate family <br />