331.342 - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

        331.342  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC CONTRACTS.         As used in this section, "contract" means a claim, account, or      demand against or agreement with a county, express or implied, other      than a contract to serve as an officer or employee of the county.      However, contracts subject to section 314.2 are not subject to this      section.         An officer or employee of a county shall not have an interest,      direct or indirect, in a contract with that county.  A contract      entered into in violation of this section is void.  The provisions of      this section do not apply to:         1.  The designation of a bank or trust company as a depository,      paying agent, or for investment of funds.         2.  An employee of a bank or trust company, who serves as      treasurer of a county.         3.  Contracts made by a county upon competitive bid in writing,      publicly invited and opened.         4.  Contracts in which a county officer or employee has an      interest solely by reason of employment, or a stock interest of the      kind described in subsection 8, or both, if the contracts are made by      competitive bid, publicly invited and opened, or if the remuneration      of employment will not be directly affected as a result of the      contract and the duties of employment do not directly involve the      procurement or preparation of any part of the contract.  The      competitive bid qualification of this subsection does not apply to a      contract for professional services not customarily awarded by      competitive bid.         5.  The designation of official newspapers.         6.  A contract in which a county officer or employee has an      interest if the contract was made before the time the officer or      employee was elected or appointed, but the contract shall not be      renewed.         7.  A contract with volunteer fire fighters or civil defense      volunteers.         8.  A contract with a corporation in which a county officer or      employee has an interest by reason of stockholdings when less than      five percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation is owned or      controlled directly or indirectly by the officer or employee or the      spouse or immediate family of the officer or employee.         9.  A contract made by competitive bid, publicly invited and      opened, in which a member of a county board, commission, or      administrative agency has an interest, if the member is not      authorized by law to participate in the awarding of the contract.      The competitive bid qualification of this subsection does not apply      to a contract for professional services not customarily awarded by      competitive bid.         10.  Contracts not otherwise permitted by this section, for the      purchase of goods or services by a county, which benefit a county      officer or employee, if the purchases benefiting that officer or      employee do not exceed a cumulative total purchase price of one      thousand five hundred dollars in a fiscal year.         11.  A contract that is a bond, note, or other obligation of the      county and the contract is not acquired directly from the county, but      is acquired in a transaction with a third party, who may or may not      be the original underwriter, purchaser, or obligee of the contract.      
         Section History: Early Form
         [S81, § 331.342; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 341] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1209, §3, 4; 2003 Acts, ch 36, §2, 3         Referred to in § 28J.3, 28M.4, 331.471