95-002-E     1 A constable may not enter into a contract with the county of which he or she an officer for the purpose of collecting delinquent fines on a commission basis.

2. An alderman, councilman, and/or selectman may not serve in his or her elected capacity while a spouse is employed by the same municipality.

3 An employee of a district mental health complex may not concurrently serve in the state legislature. [6, 7, 14, 16, 19, A, E, F, M]

95-004-E     1. A member of the Mississippi Legislature may share office space and telephone lines with a registered lobbyist in the state of Mississippi.

2. A member of the Mississippi Legislature may own part of a business that is also owned in part by a person who is a registered lobbyist in the state of Mississippi. The Legislator must recuse himself/herself from voting on all action directly concerning a business with which he/she has a pecuniary interest.[F, L]

95-016-E     A legislator may not accept an offer to purchase a cellular phone and cellular service from a state vendor at the vendor's state contract price. [F]

95-026-E     A salaried associate for a law firm may serve in the state legislature when a partner/shareholder of the law firm is a registered lobbyist and is paid an annual flat fee by his lobbyist client which is placed into the law firm's funds to be distributed among the partners/shareholders, provided the legislator recuse himself from actions concerning legislation the partner/shareholder lobbied for or against on behalf of the lobbyist client. [1, F, L, M]

95-049-E     1. A shareholder in a law firm elected to the state legislature and/or the firm may represent a private company in negotiating a contract on behalf of the private company with the state or any agency of the state when the firm's fee arrangement is not contingent upon the success of negotiating the contract or the terms of the contract.

2. The shareholder and/or the firm may represent a client in litigation between the state or any agency of the state and the private client when the representation would be on a fee basis and not contingent upon the
outcome of the litigation.

3. The firm may continue its current representation of numerous health care providers, including community hospitals, private hospitals and private physicians most of which receive Medicaid reimbursement when the firm is retained by these health care providers on a hourly fee basis. [1, 24, B, F]

95-051-E     1. A legislator/attorney's law partner's providing of legal representation to a state agency that receives money appropriated by the legislature results in a violation of Constitutional Section 109 even if the legislator/attorney does not share in the fees received by his law firm for that particular representation.

2. If the law partner of a legislator/attorney represents a client in such ways as drafting legislation which the client then tries to have introduced and passed by the legislature, the legislator/attorney may avoid a violation of Code Section 25-4-105 by:

a. completely recusing himself/herself as a legislator from any action or consideration of the particular piece of legislation which his law partner has drafted; and

b. not sharing in the fees generated from the representation by the attorney/legislator's partner (although this would not remove a potential violation of Constitutional Section 109). [1, B, F, L]

95-052-E     A legislator's spouse may not sell office machinery to state agencies located within a specified territory assigned to the spouse by his or her employer. [A, B, F]

95-053-E     The law firm of a legislator may not represent an insurance company's interest in defense of medical practitioners employed by a state institution when the insurance coverage is purchased by the state institution. [1, 23, B, F]

95-070-E     A newly elected legislator's law firm:

1. may not continue to accept any contracts entered into during his term or for one year thereafter with the Dept. of Transportation in eminent domain proceedings which would be in violation of Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2).

2. may conclude pending litigation representing the Dept. of Transportation in eminent domain proceedings that were filed prior to the law partner/legislator's election. However, the legislator does have a prohibited interest in existing contracts should state funds be used to compensate the law firm appropriated by the Legislature during the legislator's term or within one year thereafter violating Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). A recusal will not prevent a violation. [F, B, 1]

95-123-E     A legislator within one year of the expiration of his term may not accept employment with a water management district which the legislature authorized spending for during the legislator's term as it would violate Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). [19, B, F]

95-127-E     A community college may not compensate a state legislator for announcing over a public address system at its home athletic events as it is prohibited by Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). [18, F]

95-128-E     A legislator within one year of the expiration of his term may not accept employment with a non-profit foundation if the foundation receives appropriations or assessments for state educational institutions or if the foundation contracts with state educational institutions as both would result in a violation of Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). The simple payment of legitimate dues does not constitute a contract. [18, F, I]

95-140-E     A public school teacher may not, after the expiration of his or her existing contract with the school district, contract with the school district after being elected to the legislature. [20, F, M]

95-141-E     1. A legislator within one year of the expiration of the legislator's term may be elected by the senate as secretary of the senate as the position of secretary of the senate is a public office.

2. A legislator within one year of the expiration of the legislator's term may not be elected by the senate as sergeant-at-arms as the position of sergeant-at-arms is considered public employment and as such would be prohibited by Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). [F]

94-004-E     A legislator's conducting general insurance business with the gaming industry is not advised.

94-065-E     A legislator may provide insurance coverage to private casinos, but not to private correctional facilities.

94-070-E     A legislator may not serve in a high level staff position of the Governor within one year of his resignation from his elected position.

94-072-E     A legislator/attorney may represent a client in civil litigation against the state and/or an agency or department of the state, provided the legislator/attorney receives no benefit in the event the case(s) is settled out of court.

94-111-E     A state legislator may accept part-time and temporary employment with a county to perform tax appraisal services

94-114-E     A Planning and Development District is advised against employing a member of the Mississippi Legislature.

94-148-E     1. A senior citizen daycare center may not receive Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements when a Legislator has an ownership interest in the senior daycare center.

2. A senior citizen daycare center may not receive Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements when a Legislator is an employee of the senior daycare center.

3. A senior citizen daycare center may not receive Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements when the spouse of a Legislator has an ownership interest in the senior daycare center.

4. A senior citizen daycare center may receive Medicaid and Medicare
reimbursements when the spouse of a Legislator is an employee of the
senior daycare center.

94-149-E     A Legislator's spouse may be employed as an Assistant District Attorney when he or she will be paid with funds appropriated by the Legislature and paid by the Department of Finance and Administration.

94-157-E     A state legislator may or may not accept certain employment positions and/or certain employment relationships with a bank/financial institution, depending on the circumstances.

94-158-E     A legislator may not be approved as a foster parent by the State Department of Human Services or another state agency.

93-019-E     A state legislator may also serve as a county arson investigator.

93-033-E     A legislator may be employed by and represent clients in the gaming industry, provided...

93-034-E     A person may serve as an elected or appointed public officer of the state within one year of being a state legislator, provided. .

93-046-E     A company, one-sixteenth of which is owned by a state legislator, may contract with private distributors or wholesalers which in turn contracts with state entities.

93-074-E     A legislator may become employed by the gaming industry, provided...

93-076-E     A legislator may not become employed as a consultant to a home health agency.

93-077-E     A legislator may become a computer consultant for a city, provided...

93-091-E     A Legislator/attorney may not receive compensation from a department of the State in payment of his legal services rendered in the course of an adoption proceeding.

93-097-E     A county may rent real estate from a Legislator for use of a contractor who will reappraise its county tax rolls, provided...

93-106-E     A Legislator's spouse who is employed by one department of the state may not contract with another department of the state as to forestry programs.

93-127-E     A Legislator may be a vendor to farmers, supplying them with equipment in ventures partially financed and/or guaranteed by an entity of the State.

93-135-E     A corporation of which a member of the state Legislature is president may enter into a service contract with a casino, provided.

93-158-E     A Legislator and/or his prospective employer may not participate in state bond programs.

93-165-E     A Legislator may contract with the gaming industry, provided...

93-177-E     A Legislator may simultaneously serve as an uncompensated Trustee of a city/county library.

93-189-E     A Legislator may not solicit sales to public schools through their Chapter 1 program.

93-190-E     A Legislator and/or a prospective corporate employer may not contract with the state.

92-005-E     A Legislator whose term of office expired January 6, 1992, may become a member of a parole board.

92-012-E     A Legislator, following expiration of his term, may be appointed to the board of a county port authority.

92-021-E     A Legislator and his business entity are prohibited from having any interest in a contract with the state. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

92-025-E     The spouse of a city attorney/ex-legislator may become employed by the same city's school district.

92-026-E     A public school board may hire the spouse of a Legislator as a teacher.

92-035-E     A legislator may vote on a bill(s) which directs insurance companies contracting with the state to make benefit payments directly to a provider versus a policy holder.

92-045-E     A former Legislator may not restructure his law firm so that he does not receive income from clients who would be prohibited from contracting with the law firm of which he is associated, as the keeping of contracts falling under Smith with the law firm inures to the present and future financial and organizational benefit of the law firm of which the former Legislator is associated. Violation: Section 109.

92-059-E     A Legislator may not simultaneously serve a director of both a county juvenile center and a private boys and girls home. Violations: Section 109, re: Smith.

92-064-E     The expenses of a Legislator incurred during the course of an educational trip and paid by a private corporation need not be reported to the Commission.

92-067-E     A Legislator, in conjunction with his participation in a charity golf tournament, may accept free transportation provided by an electric utility.

92-068-E     A former Legislator may serve as chairman of a large commission (a public office) of the state within one year of the expiration of his term.

92-086-E     1. A Legislator may not own more than 10% of a corporation which does subcontracting work on road construction projects funded, in part, by the state highway department. Violation: Section 109.

2. A Legislator interest of more than 10% of a corporation which does subcontracting work on sanitary water and sewer projects for counties, districts, cities, and towns needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis. Generally, no prohibited contract exists.

4. The "material financial interest" clause does not apply to Section 109.

92-088-E     A Legislator may sell property insurance to a municipal school district which receives minimum program funding, and to a county board of supervisors.

92-095-E     A Legislator may not become employed by a local school district within one year of the expiration of his term. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

92-099-E     1. A Legislator may affiliate with an engineering firm which contracts with a former firm owned by the Legislator which works on projects funded by state funds, but only as to non-state funded projects.

2. A Legislator may individually contract or subcontract with his former company as to projects not funded directly or indirectly by the state.

92-115-E     A Legislator may sponsor a bill which passes thus enabling a county to create a non-profit corporation to which a board of supervisors may appoint the Legislator a member of the board of directors.

92-119-E     A Legislator may not be employed as an agent to sell individual health and group insurance policies by an insurance company which is under contract with the state. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2); 25-4-1 05(3)(a).

92-120-E     A Legislator may enter into contracts with cities or counties for the sale of oil and gas products.

92-144-E     A Legislator may be a sales representative of a company as to sales of recycling containers to cities, counties, and private companies, as long as said sales are not authorized by the legislature.

92-155-E     A Legislator whose term expired Dec. 31, 1991, may become legal counsel for a company who has applied for a gaming license for the state.

92-183-E     A Legislator/attorney may represent private clients before state agencies. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

92-205-E     A Legislator may attend a function sponsored by a private corporation the purpose of which is to explore feasibility of a new research, development, and technology center, if the event is deemed to be a social event.

92-219-E     1. A Legislator may serve as an uncompensated member of a county hospital board of directors. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

2. A Legislator may not become employed as a counselor for a particular community college upward bound program. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

3. A Legislator may not receive compensation as a consultant for a community action agency. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

92-220-E     A Legislator whose effective date of resignation is on or before December 31, 1992, may become a public officer of the state effective on or after January 1, 1993.

92-223-E     An attorney/Legislator-elect (service begins January 1993) may not share in fees paid a member of his law firm who is co-bond council for an entity of the state beginning fiscal year 1993.

92-226-E     1. A Legislator who is an attorney may continue as a member of a city park commission.

2. A Legislator who is an attorney may continue to represent a city school district.

3. A Legislator who is an attorney may continue to represent two towns.

91-004-E     A Legislator may become an employee of a 911 system. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-005-E     A Legislator may become employed as an assistant to the director of the county emergency operations center. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-007-E     A Legislator/attorney may represent a state municipal association. Caution: 25-4-101; 25-4-105(1) and (3)(d).

91-027-E     A Legislator may own an interest in a private business which conducts continuing education seminars or correspondence courses for private individuals subject of regulation by the state. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-029-E     A Legislator/attorney may represent private clients in eminent domain matters brought about by the Mississippi State Department of Economic Development. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-033-E     A Legislator may not sell land to the state highway department. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

91-037-E     A county attendance center principal may become a candidate foe the state Legislature, but if elected, his taking a leave of absence from his school duties during the legislative session will not remove violations of Section 109 or 25-4-105(2).

91-048-E     An attorney/lobbyist should not join the law firm of a Legislator. Possible violations: 25-4-101; 25-4-105(1).

91-051-E     A law firm of a Legislator may not represent an insurance company's interest in defense of a civil action brought by an accident victim against a department of the State of Mississippi. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

91-071-E     A Legislator may participate as bond counsel for a county relating to an issue of the county which is 67% of a grant application, the remaining funds being furnished by a community development block grant.

91-072-E     A Legislator may simultaneously be a county public defender. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-073-E     A Legislator may purchase a building owned by a county.

91-093-E     A Legislator may be a salesman who contracts with banks, loan companies, etc., for a private corporation. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

91-115-E     1. A city may engage the services of a law firm one of whose partners is a Legislator.

2. A city may pay any pending claim for legal services rendered by a law firm one of whose partners is a Legislator.

This opinion contingent upon Smith.

91-127-E     A state agency may not employ a legislator when his term expires. Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

91-131-E     1. A Legislator may not own more than 10% of a corporation which does subcontracting work on road construction projects funded, in part, by the Mississippi Highway Department. Violation: Section 109.

2. Dependent upon Smith.

3. Non-voting does not remove violations of Section 109.

4. Not enough facts.

91-140-E     A Legislator may not hold simultaneous employment with a state commission. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

90-009-E     A Legislator may invest either in a television station, radio station, or newspaper, or serve on the board of directors of same.

90-035-E     A corporation may contract with the State of Mississippi to possess 495 of the stock of a second corporation owned by a Legislator, and become hired by the Legislator's corporation to perform bookkeeping, training duties, etc.

90-047-E     A Legislator who serves as local council to a board of supervisors issuing industrial development revenue bonds may also serve as the bond council for those bonds when such is allowed in his contract of employment.

90-048-E     1. A Legislator may not lease real property to the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

The emancipated daughter of a Legislator may lease real property to the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. Caution on 2: 25-4-105(1); 25-4-105(5).

90-049-E     1. A Legislator may sell insurance to state employees and in return receive a commission, salary, draw, or advance from the insurance company.

2. The above mentioned insurance company may not separately sell, independent of the Legislator, liability or workers' compensation insurance to a state agency. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2); 25-4-105(3)(a).

90-052-E     1. A city may contract a portion of the city's work to a Legislator/attorney who practices in the same city where his father is a councilman and his law associate is the city attorney.

2. The Legislator/attorney may serve as Assistant City Attorney.

3. The Legislator/attorney may serve as Acting City Attorney, City Prosecutor, or City Judge.

90-053-E     An employee of a large department of the state may continue in that position following his/her marriage to a Legislator.

90-080-E     A Legislator may simultaneously be employed with a county's economic development district.

90-101-E     A Legislator may sell insurance to public employees who pay the entire cost of the insurance. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

90-103-E     A Legislator may contract with a municipality to furnish goods or services paid for by the municipality with proceeds from locally imposed fees or taxes. Caution: 25- 4-105(1).

90-109-E     A Legislator may serve as legal counsel for a Farm Credit Bank or a Federal Land Bank.

90-113-E     A Legislator may accept an honorarium for speaking to an organization or reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in speaking to an organization. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

90-115-E     A Legislator may continue to serve as a public school teacher/administrator until his/her current contract expires. After that time, and when the Legislature authorizes the salary received as a teacher/administrator, the Legislator may not continue to serve as a teacher/administrator, as such action would violate Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

90-118-E     A Legislator may not contract with a state commission to perform various duties related to fund raising and receive as payment a percentage of the funds raised as well as reimbursement for expenses incurred. Violations: Section 109; 25-4- 105(2).

90-133-E     A Legislator may not sell to a city goods or services funded in part or in whole by a state loan program passed by the Legislature during the term of the Legislator. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

90-136-E     1. An engineering firm may not provide services to any state agencies or entities when one of the firm's owners is a Legislator. Violations: Section 109; 25-4- 105(2).

2. An engineering firm may not provide services to entities receiving state or federal grants when one of the firm's owners is a Legislator, during the term of the Legislator and from one year thereafter. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

90-140-E     A Legislator may make a real estate purchase of property subject of foreclosure from a savings and loan as handled by Resolution Trust Co-op.

89-03-E     A legislator may become a consultant to a company which has a separate division which on occasion contracts with a department of the state so long as the consulting contract is in no way contingent on any present or future contracts with the state.

89-10-E     An insurance business with which a legislator is associated may not serve as an agent for administrator of a workers compensation self-insurance pool for the purpose of marketing workers compensation self-insurance to county governments when the counties's authority to participate in the pool was created by a legislative act during the legislator's term. Violation of Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

89-12-E     A legislator's efforts to obtain financial and other assistance from state agencies relating to construction and development of a mall when the legislator stands to receive a pecuniary benefit because of a prior real estate investment violates 25-4-105(1). The obtaining of financial assistance from a state agency when the legislature during the legislator's term approved the appropriation allowing the financial assistance violates Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

89-28-E     A Legislator's purchase of a few shares of stock in a company funded in part by a bond issue authorized by the Legislature may be de minimis, but a violation of Section 109 still exists. Caution: 25-4-105(1).

89-37-E     A legislator's vote on legislation that effects a cruise ship's operation which employs the legislator's non-dependent son results in a violation of 25-4-105(1).

89-46-E     A legislator would be prohibited from voting on appropriations funding insurance written by the legislator's spouse's company.

89-52-E     A legislator may rent housing to an employee(s) or subcontractor(s) of a company awarded a highway construction contract authorized by the legislature. Cautioned regarding 25-4-105(1).

89-59-E     A city attorney/Legislator may participate in and negotiate an attorney's fee relative to the refunding of a bond issue by the city as authorized by enacted legislation.

89-65-E     A refund to a legislator by a utility company resulting from overpayments does not as such constitute a conflict of interest when the refund is received during a legislative session wherein legislation was acted upon directly affecting the utility company.

89-85-E     A legislator may not lease property to a state agency even if through a trust, corporation or spouse when the ultimate beneficiaries of the lease are the legislator's spouse and dependent children. Such lease violates Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

89-95-E     An assistant chief of a volunteer fire department who is also a certified FMT may serve as a legislator. Cautioned regarding 25-4-101 and 25-4-105(1).

89-120-E     A legislator being a board member of a corporation which receives funds from state entities prior to the legislator taking office is not as such a violation of the conflict of interests laws. Simultaneous service as a legislator and a board member of a corporation receiving funding from the state violates Section 109.

89-124-E     A Legislator may engage in the bail bonding business. Cautions: 25-4-101; 25-4-105(1).

89-147-E     A legislator may become simultaneously employed by a high school activities association.

89-155-E     A legislator receiving compensation as an attorney resultant from a bond issue authorized during his term of office violates Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

89-162-E     1. A Legislator may not simultaneously be employed as an investigator for a district attorney. Violations: Section 109 and 25-4-105(2).

89-173-E     A Legislator may simultaneously serve as a director of both a county juvenile center and a private boys and girls home.

89-180-E     1. A retired county school teacher whose spouse teaches in the public schools may be a legislator. Refer Frazier v. State.

2. A retired county school teacher is not prohibited from running and, if elected, serving in the legislature.

3. Referred the question of simultaneously drawing a legislator's salary and state retirement to the Public Employees' Retirement System.

88-21-E A Legislator may accept executive appointment to a public office (after resigning from the legislature).

88-49-E     A Legislator may not be employed by a community health organization which is indirectly authorized by the Legislature through its annual appropriation to the State Department of Health. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2)(f).

88-69-E     A member of the Legislature may not become employed by a community college. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2)(f); 25-4-101.

88-181-E     A Legislator may represent individuals in defense of an eminent domain proceeding initiated by a town and/or county in conjunction with a state aid project. Caution:. 25-4-105(1)

88-185-E     A Legislator may serve as Adjunct Professor at a State University, provided the Legislator/professor receives no compensation or expense reimbursement from the University.

87-07-E     1. A city attorney may simultaneously serve as a member of the Legislature.

2. An attorney for a public school system may simultaneously serve as a member of the Legislature.

3. An elected official for a City may work as a sub-teacher for the city's school district, provided. . . Reference 87-16-E.

4. An elected official for a City may be employed by a Department of the State as director of a Title XX Daycare Center.

87-08-E     1. Section 109 does not apply to the officers and directors of the state Institute for Technology Development (lTD).

2. Section 25-4-101, et. seq., does not apply to ITD or its members.

87-17-E     1. A member of the Legislature may not sell items to a state agency. Violations: Section 109; Section 25-4-105(2)(f).

2. A member of the legislature may sell items to cities, counties, and public hospitals, provided...

3. A member of the legislature may sell items to local public schools, provided...

88-23-E     A member of the Legislature may make a private sale of a business to an individual who, in turn, wants to use his right as a qualified borrower to utilize a state loan program, provided the buyer's participation in the state loan program is not a condition of the sale. Otherwise, a violation of 25-4-105(1) would occur.

87-24-E     A member of the Legislature may have an interest with his partner in a contract authorized by the legislature as a result of the passage of the Mississippi Forestry Commission's (MFC) appropriation bill, because the contract was in effect during the time before the Section 25-4-105(3)(h) was ruled unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court. However, after January 1, 1988, the contract will be prohibited.

87-25-E     A member of the Legislature may not continue to be a Medicaid provider following the beginning of the fiscal year during the Legislator's first year in office. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2)(f).

87-29-E     1. Legislators may take part in a state loan program, specifically the veteran's Home Purchase Board, due to the exemption in Section 25-4-105(3)(g), provided

2. However, the situation seems to violate Section 109. (The State Supreme Court had not made a ruling at this point.)

87-34-E     A Legislator may sell insurance to state employees through the process of payroll deductions requested by the state employees. The Legislator is cautioned regarding 25-4-105(1) and (4).

87-43-E     A member of the Legislature may sell insurance to a county hospital provided that premiums to be paid under the proposed contract are not contingent upon the hospital's receipt of Medicaid funds. Possible violations: 25-4-105(10 and (4).

87-46-E     The business partner (through business 1) of a member of the Legislature may contract, through a separate and distinct business (business 2), with a school district as a low bidder on a walkway project, provided the Legislator has no financial or other interest in the second business (business 2), and that none of the monies gained would flow to the Legislator or his business (business 1).

87-56-E     The spouse of a member of the Legislature may be appointed to and serve as a member of the board of trustees of a municipal separate school district.

87-61-E     After January 1, 1988, a member of the Legislature may not be compensate for legal work performed on a State Aid project. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2)(f).

87-62-E     A member of the Legislature may receive compensation resulting from normal representation of a local school board. After January 1, 1988, however, the Legislator/attorney, may not be compensated for duties performed relating to bond issues authorized by the Legislature. Violation: Section 109.

87-84-E     A legislator may simultaneously serve a an assistant to a county administrator within the district for which he serves in the Legislature. This decision is based on the absence of legislative funding or authorization of the administrator's office.

87-87-E     The spouse of an employee of a department of the state, who is elected to serve in the Legislature, may not participate in any actions, officially or unofficially, which may affect the department of which the Legislator's spouse is an employee. Violations: 25-4-105(1).

87-99-E     A Legislator may simultaneously be employed as a county youth court juvenile counselor, as the youth court receives no state funding. Caution: recusal.

87-101-E     A legislator may simultaneously serve as an employee of a county sheriffs department, provided recusal.

87-109-E     1. The spouse of a Legislator may receive Medicaid payments for the treatment of qualified patients, provided the Legislator recuses him/herself from any and all discussions, official or unofficial, concerning Medicaid legislation.

2. A Legislator may not simultaneously be employed by a Medicaid provider. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2)(f).

87-1 10-E     A Legislator may not sell property to an authority which is partially funded by the Legislature. Violations: Section 109; 25-4- 105(2)(f).