A. No public officer or employee may receive or agree to receive directly or indirectly compensation other than as provided by law for any service rendered or to be rendered by him personally in any case, proceeding, application, or other matter which is pending before the public agency of which he is a public officer or employee.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 38-505

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Compensation: means money, a tangible thing of value or a financial benefit. See Arizona Laws 38-502
  • Employee: means all persons who are not public officers and who are employed on a full-time, part-time or contract basis by an incorporated city or town, a political subdivision or the state or any of its departments, commissions, agencies, bodies or boards for remuneration. See Arizona Laws 38-502
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Public agency: means :

    (a) All courts. See Arizona Laws 38-502

  • Public officer: means all elected and appointed officers of a public agency established by charter, ordinance, resolution, state constitution or statute. See Arizona Laws 38-502

B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the performance of ministerial functions including, but not limited to, the filing, or amendment of tax returns, applications for permits and licenses, incorporation papers, and other documents.

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