29C.16 - POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITED.

        29C.16  POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITED.
         1.  A person employed by any organization for emergency management
      established under this chapter shall not:
         a.  During working hours or when performing official duties or
      when using public equipment or at any time on public property, take
      part in any way in soliciting any contribution for any political
      party or any person seeking political office. The provisions of this
      section do not preclude any employee from holding any nonpartisan
      elective office for which no pay is received or any office for which
      only token pay is received.
         b.  Seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in
      connection with any appointment to a position created under this
      chapter.
         c.  Use any official authority or influence for the purpose of
      interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof.
         2.  Any employee of an organization for emergency management shall
      not become a candidate for any partisan elective office.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C62, § 28A.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, § 29C.12; C77, 79, 81, § 29C.16]
      
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1139, § 15