(1) When a public official gives notice of an actual or potential conflict of interest, the public body as defined in ORS § 174.109 that the public official serves shall record the actual or potential conflict in the official records of the public body. In addition, a notice of the actual or potential conflict and how it was disposed of may in the discretion of the public body be provided to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission within a reasonable period of time.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 244.130

  • Potential conflict of interest: means any action or any decision or recommendation by a person acting in a capacity as a public official, the effect of which could be to the private pecuniary benefit or detriment of the person or the person's relative, or a business with which the person or the person's relative is associated, unless the pecuniary benefit or detriment arises out of the following:

    (a) An interest or membership in a particular business, industry, occupation or other class required by law as a prerequisite to the holding by the person of the office or position. See Oregon Statutes 244.020

  • public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
  • Public official: means the First Partner and any person who, when an alleged violation of this chapter occurs, is serving the State of Oregon or any of its political subdivisions or any other public body as defined in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 244.020

(2) A decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on which the public official serves or agency by which the public official is employed may not be voided by any court solely by reason of the failure of the public official to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest. [1974 c.72 § 11; 1975 c.543 § 8; 1993 c.743 § 16; 2007 c.865 § 9]

 

[Formerly 215.035 and 227.035; repealed by 2015 c.664 § 1]

 

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