95-084-E     A municipality accepting donations for its police department that come from a bingo game operated by a nonprofit corporation located within the municipality when it is properly licensed by the state does not violate the conflict of interest laws. However, it has the appearance of an impropriety contrary to Code Section 25-4-105. [5, 7, B, I, J]

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

94-041-E     A town's police chief may contract with casinos outside the corporate limits of the town to provide to the casinos services such as fingerprinting, photo IDs, drug training, and fitness training.

94-046-E     The mayor of a city with a Mayor-Council form of government may not become employed by a casino and perform duties in other states when the casino contracts with the city.

94-055-E     1. A city councilman may not do business with a casino which maintains a contractual relationship with the city.

2. A city councilman may do business with casinos which do not have
contractual relationships with the city.

3. A city councilman mayor may not do business with casinos which lease
property from the city and apparently have contractual relationships with
the city, depending upon the extent of the business the councilman would
have with the casinos.

94-059-E     A mayor of a city may lease his privately owned land located outside the city to a gaming corporation, provided the mayor recuses himself from any board deliberations concerning the gaming industry.

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

94-080-E     1. An attorney representing a board of supervisors may represent a gambling casino in a county which has legalized gambling, provided the county represented by the attorney has no contracts with the casino represented by the attorney.

2. An attorney representing a board of supervisors may represent a hospital board which receives county money, provided the attorney recuses himself in the event of a possible conflict of interest.

3. An attorney representing a board of supervisors may represent a board or entity which may come before the board of supervisors for approval of
funding, with the same provisions found in 1 and 2.

93-017-E     A city council may not do business with casinos located within the city.

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

93-043-E     1. A City Councilman may serve in that capacity while his wife is employed as a waitress for a casino within the city.

2. A long as the councilman's wife is employed by the casino, the casino may not contract with the city.

3. The councilman may become employed with a casino that is outside of the city limits and has no contractual relationship with the city.

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

93-099-E     An executive director of a state regulatory commission may resign his position and become employed by a parent corporation, a subsidiary of which possesses a license granted before state employment by the executive director and almost simultaneous with the granting of an expansion of gaming activities by the regulatory commission concerning several corporations including the subsidiary of the employing corporation, provided...

93-103-E     A Justice Court Judge may become a marketing consultant for a gaming casino provided.

93-118-E     1. A Commissioner of a state Port Authority may own stock in a corporation which is partly owned by an individual who also owns a security firm (a separate corporation) which contracts with the Port Authority.

2. A Commissioner of the Port Authority may not own 200 shares of casino stock valued at approximately $8,000 (The casino contracts with the Part Authority.)

3. The public purchase and trading of the casino stock during 1993 by one
Commissioner resulting in profits of approximately $28,795.43, current holdings of 500 shares with an unrealized gain of $8,091, and 600 shares in an IRA of a dependent relative with an unrealized gain of $12,070, does constitute a violation of the Ethics Laws.

4. A vice president and member of the board of directors of a bank depository of the casino may serve as Commissioner of the Part Authority, provided..

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.

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

93-183-E     A company owned by a member of a state Commission may become a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor to a private corporation licensed by the Commission, provided...

93-203-E     A full-time state employee may simultaneously become a part-time employee within the gaming industry, provided...

92-080-E     A supervisor may attend" . .. an elegant Soiree de Gala..." with flight and room expenses provided by a Las Vegas casino, should the event is determined to be a social occasion. Otherwise, the supervisor violates 25-4-105(1).

92-113-E     A member of a city's port and harbor commission may become a card dealer of a casino which is located within the jurisdiction and venue of the harbor commission. However, caution as to possible violations: 25-4-105(1); 25-4-103(3)(a); Section 109; 25-4-105(2).

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.

92-186-E     A city's councilman may not do business with a gaming operation which is a lessee of the city and also vote on matters coming before the council which concern the gaming operation. Violations: 25-4-1 05(3)(a); 25-4-105(1).

92-188-E     A city's council may vote on matters before the council pertaining to gaming operations which are other than those in which he may have an interest. Cautions: 25-4-101; 25-4-105(1).

92-206-E     An alderman may participate in board deliberations and voting concerning dockside gambling when a casino corporation is negotiating with both the city and a yacht club, the latter of which the alderman was a member and owed a form of indebtedness.

92-237-E     An executive employee of a state regulatory commission may resign his state employment and become employed either by a corporation or one of its subsidiaries, one of which possesses a license issued by the commission, or another corporation which has no contact with the employees of the commission but which expects to be considered for a future license. Cautions: 25-4-105(1); 25-4-105(5).