OAR 350-014-0003
Code of Ethics
(1)
No public official shall use official position or office to obtain financial gain for the public official, other than official salary, honoraria or reimbursement of expenses, or for any member of the household of the public official, or for any business with which the public official or a member of the household of the public official is associated.(2)
No public official or candidate for office or a member of the household of the public official or candidate shall solicit or receive, whether directly or indirectly, during any calendar year, any gift or gifts from any single source who could reasonably be known to have a legislative or administrative interest in any governmental agency in which the official has any official position or over which the official exercises any authority.(3)
No public official shall solicit or receive, either directly or indirectly, and no person shall offer or give to any public official any pledge or promise of future employment, based on any understanding that such public official’s vote, official action or judgment would be influenced thereby.(4)
No public official shall further the personal gain of the public official through the use of confidential information gained in the course of or by reason of the official position or activities of the public official in any way.(5)
No person shall offer during any calendar year any gifts to any public official or candidate therefore or a member of the household of the public official or candidate if the person has a legislative or administrative interest in a governmental agency in which the official has any official position or over which the official exercises any authority.(6)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Except in the course of official duties or incident to official duties, a public official, as defined in this division, may not assist another person, directly or indirectly, whether or not for compensation, in a transaction involving the Commission:(A)
In which the public official has at any time participated; or(B)
If the transaction involving the Commission is or has been under the official responsibility of the public official within a period of two years preceding such assistance.(b)
No public official may share in compensation received by another for assistance that the officer or employee is prohibited from providing under subsection (a) or (c) of this section.(c)
A business entity of which a public official is a partner, managing officer, or employee shall not assist another person in a transaction involving the Commission if the public official is prohibited from doing so by subsection (a) of this section.(d)
This chapter does not prevent a public official from assisting, in a transaction involving the Commission:(A)
The public official’s parent, spouse, or child, or a child thereof for whom the public official is serving as guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or other personal fiduciary, if the public official did not participate in the transaction; or(B)
Another employee involved in disciplinary or other personnel administration proceedings.
Source:
Rule 350-014-0003 — Code of Ethics, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=350-014-0003.