8A.417 - PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
8A.417 PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
1. A person shall not make any false statement, certificate,
mark, rating, or report with regard to any examination or appointment
made under this subchapter or in any manner commit or attempt to
commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this
subchapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
2. A person shall not, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay,
offer, solicit, or accept any money, service, or other valuable
consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed
appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion to, or any advantage
in, a position in the merit system.
3. An employee of the department or any other person shall not
defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in the person's right to
examination or appointment under this subchapter, or furnish to any
person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting
the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in
the merit system.
4. A person shall not discharge an employee from or take or fail
to take action regarding an employee's appointment or proposed
appointment to, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage
in, a position in a merit system administered by, or subject to
approval of, the director as a reprisal for a failure by that
employee to inform the person that the employee made a disclosure of
information permitted by this section, or for a disclosure of any
information by that employee to a member or employee of the general
assembly, or for a disclosure of information to any other public
official or law enforcement agency if the employee reasonably
believes the information evidences a violation of law or rule,
mismanagement, a gross abuse of funds, an abuse of authority, or a
substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. However,
an employee may be required to inform the person that the employee
made a disclosure of information permitted by this section if the
employee represented that the disclosure was the official position of
the employee's immediate supervisor or employer. This subsection
does not apply if the disclosure of the information is prohibited by
statute. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §65
Referred to in § 8A.418