input: [Bill #] SB12-146 [Short Title] Limit Acceptance Benefits Reward Official Action [Sponsors] HODGE / PENISTON [Most Recent Status] 04/12/2012 Governor Action - Signed [Calendar Notification] NOT ON CALENDAR [News Links] No news items found [Bill Summary] 
output: S.B. 12-146 Statutory code of ethics - limitations - acceptance by governmental actors of benefits from persons able to be rewarded with official action. The statutory rules of conduct for all public officers, members of the general assembly, local government officials, and employees (covered individuals) are amended to include, as an economic benefit tantamount to a gift of substantial value used in the determination of whether a covered individual has accepted an unethical gift, the acceptance by the covered individual of goods or services for his or her own personal benefit offered by a person who is at the same time providing goods or services to the state or a local government, under a contract or other means, unless the totality of the circumstances attendant to the acceptance of the goods or services indicates a fair and legitimate transaction. The act adds to the existing list of ethical principles for public officers, local government officials, and employees the principle that public officers, local government officials, and employees are discouraged from assisting or enabling members of their immediate family in obtaining employment, a gift of substantial value, or an economic benefit tantamount to a gift of substantial value from a person whom the officer, official, or employee is in a position to reward with official action or has rewarded with official action in the past. The statutory rules of conduct for local government officials and employees are amended to include a prohibition on the acceptance by such an official or employee of goods or services for his or her own personal benefit offered by a person who is at the same time providing goods or services to the local government for which the official or employee serves, under a contract or other means, unless the totality of the circumstances attendant to the acceptance of the goods or services indicates a fair and legitimate transaction. APPROVED by Governor April 12, 2012 EFFECTIVE April 12, 2012