Nebraska Statutes 71-15,150. Conflict of interest; prohibited acts
(1) Except as otherwise permitted under the provisions of sections 71-15,149 to 71-15,157, no housing agency official shall own or hold an interest in any contract or property or engage in any business, transaction, or professional or personal activity that would:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-15,150
- 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.
- Housing agency official: means any representative of a housing agency or any director, officer, or employee of a resident management corporation or other resident organization who exercises authority or carries out responsibilities in connection with the housing agency's developments or any local government official who exercises authority or carries out responsibilities in connection with the housing agency's developments, including any member of such person's immediate family, any business entity or organization in which such person holds an interest, and any business partner of such person. See Nebraska Statutes 71-15,149
- Immediate family: includes spouses, children, siblings, and parents and includes stepparents or stepchildren, in-laws, and half sisters or half brothers. See Nebraska Statutes 71-15,149
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(a) Be or appear to be in conflict with such official’s duties relating to the housing agency served by or subject to the authority of such official;
(b) Secure or appear to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for such official or others; or
(c) Prejudice or appear to prejudice such official’s independence of judgment in the exercise of his or her official duties relating to the housing agency served by or subject to the authority of such official.
(2) No housing agency official shall act in an official capacity in any matter in which such official has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement. No housing agency official shall use his or her public office or employment to secure financial gain to such official.
(3) Except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of sections 71-15,149 to 71-15,157, a housing agency shall not, with respect to any housing agency official, during his or her tenure or for a period of one year thereafter, either:
(a) Award or agree to award any contract to such housing agency official or other local government official;
(b) Purchase or agree to purchase any real property from such housing agency official or other local government official, or sell or agree to sell any real property to such housing agency official or other local government official;
(c) Permit any housing agency official to represent, appear, or negotiate on behalf of any other party before the housing agency’s board of commissioners or with its other officials or employees;
(d) Employ any commissioner for compensation or otherwise;
(e) Employ any local government official, or any member of such official’s immediate family, if such official’s duties involve the exercise of authority relating to the housing agency; or
(f) Employ for compensation any member of the immediate family of a housing agency official, if such employment creates the relationship of direct supervisor or subordinate between family members or otherwise creates a real or apparent conflict of interest.
(4) No commissioner of a housing agency for a city of the metropolitan class shall have an ownership interest in, or be employed by, any entity doing business with such housing agency.
(5) The ownership of less than five percent of the outstanding shares of a corporation shall not constitute an interest within the meaning of this section.