47-5-1227 - Restrictions on employment of public officials and employees by private entities.
§ 47-5-1227. Restrictions on employment of public officials and employees by private entities.
(1) No public official or an employee of a state agency who has duties or responsibilities related to the contracting, constructing, leasing, acquiring or operating a private correctional facility may become an employee, consultant or contract vendor to a private entity providing such facility or services to the state within one (1) year after the termination of his service or employment.
(2) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) but not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Sources: Laws, 1994 Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 15, eff from and after passage (approved August 23, 1994).