RULES OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
LEAGUE CITY TEXAS
IT IS GOOD TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, TOWNS AND STATES TO SEE WHAT THEIR RULES ARE, AND FIND THE RULE IN MASSACHUSETTS LAW TO REMOVE UNETHICAL INDIVIDUALS
(a)
Definitions. In this article:
Administrative board means any board, commission, or other organized body:
(1)
That has, by law, final decision-making authority on matters within its jurisdiction and that is either: (a) established under the City Charter or by city ordinance, or (b) whose members are appointed or confirmed by the city council; or,
(2)
Created as a non-profit economic development corporation by the city council under the authority of the City Charter or any other authority.
Advisory board means a board, commission, or other organized body other than an administrative board, that was created by an act of the city council whose members are appointed or confirmed by the city council and are charged with making recommendations to the city council on matters within its jurisdiction.
Appointed city executive employee means any city employee appointed directly by the city manager and who reports directly to the city manager.
Appointed city officer means the city manager or any person appointed directly by the city council and who is compensated as an employee of the city.
City official means the mayor, a member of the city council, an administrative board member, or an advisory board member and, in applicable circumstances, any employee of the city.
Ethics panel means the body charged with reviewing and acting on complaints and requests for declaratory relief filed under this article.
(b)
Covered officials. The rules of ethical conduct contained in this division 2 apply generally to city officials, appointed city officers, appointed city executive employees and in certain defined circumstances to candidates for city council, former city officials, former appointed city officers, and former appointed city executive employees. To be amended, any revisions to the rules of ethical conduct must be adopted by the city council by ordinance and as amended as of the date of adoption are applicable from that date of adoption. The rules of ethical conduct as to negotiations and transactions with vendors doing business with the city do not apply to such persons as are named in this section regarding business, supply, and other such contracts in existence prior to the date of adoption of revisions to the code of ethics. All such persons as are named in this section are subject to such revisions upon the date of adoption by the city council.
(c)
Conflicts of interest, generally.
(1)
A city official shall abstain from participation in discussion of and any vote on a matter, and shall file an affidavit stating the nature and extent of his or her interest in a matter, if action on the matter by the body on which the city official serves will have a special economic effect that is distinguishable from its effect on the public on any of the following:
a.
The city official;
b.
The city official's outside employer or client;
c.
The city official's spouse, parent, or child; or
d.
A public or private business entity for which the city official, or his or her spouse, parent, or child serves as a director, general partner, or officer, or in any other policy making position.
(2)
A city official shall abstain from participation in, discussion of, and any vote on a matter involving a person if, within the 12 months preceding the date of the vote, the city official has filed a conflicts disclosure statement under V.T.C.A., Local Government Code Chapter 176 relating to that person.
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