(a) No officer or employee of the central procurement office, nor any member of the procurement commission, nor any head of any state department, institution or agency, nor any employee of any state department, institution or agency charged with the responsibility of initiating requisitions, shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation to whom any contract for the purchase of goods or services for the state may be awarded, by rebate, gifts, or otherwise, any money or anything of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation, or contract for future rewards or compensation.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 12-4-106
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)(1) It is a conflict of interest for any person or any company with whom such person is an officer, a director, or an equity owner having an ownership interest greater than one percent (1%) to bid on any public contract for goods or services for a governmental entity if such person or the immediate family member of such person is a member of a board or commission having responsibility for letting or approving such contract.(2) As used in this subsection (b):
(A) “Governmental entity” means any state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education; and(B) “Immediate family” means spouse, dependent children or stepchildren, or relatives related by blood or marriage.
