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156.480 Employees of department or school districts with decision-making authority prohibited from supplying goods or services for which school funds are expended -- Penalties.

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Page 1 of 1 156.480 Employees of department or school districts with decision-making authority prohibited from supplying goods or services for which school funds <br>are expended -- Penalties. (1) No commissioner, associate commissioner, deputy commissioner, director, manager, purchasing agent, or other employee of the Department of Education with <br>decision-making authority over the financial position of a school, school district, or <br>school system shall have any pecuniary interest in the school, school district, or <br>school system, either directly or indirectly, in an amount exceeding twenty-five <br>dollars (&#36;25) per year, either at the time of or after his appointment to office, in <br>supplying any goods, services, property, merchandise, or services, except personal <br>services that are in addition to those required by contract for employment, of any <br>nature whatsoever for which school funds are expended. If any person specified in <br>this subsection receives, directly or indirectly, any gift, reward, or promise of <br>reward for his influence in recommending or procuring the use of any goods, <br>services, property, or merchandise of any kind whatsoever for which school funds <br>are expended, he shall upon conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars (&#36;50) nor <br>more than five hundred dollars (&#36;500), and his office or appointment shall without <br>further action be vacant. (2) No employee of any county or independent school district with decision-making authority over the financial position of the school district shall have any pecuniary <br>interest, either directly or indirectly, in an amount exceeding twenty-five dollars <br>(&#36;25) per year, either at the time of or after his appointment to office, in supplying <br>any goods, services, property, merchandise, or services, except personal services <br>that are in addition to those required by contract for employment, of any nature <br>whatsoever for which school funds are expended. If any person specified in this <br>subsection receives, directly or indirectly, any gift, reward, or promise of reward for <br>his influence in recommending or procuring the use of any goods, services, <br>property, or merchandise of any kind whatsoever for which school funds are <br>expended, he shall upon conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars (&#36;50) nor <br>more than five hundred dollars (&#36;500), and his office or appointment shall without <br>further action be vacant. Effective: July 15, 1994 <br>History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 370, effective July 13, 1990. -- <br>Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts <br>ch. 7, Art. II, sec. 7.