95-015-E     A county industrial development authority may purchase from the son of one of its board members the right-of-way for an access road to an industrial development site to be deeded to a municipality for designation as a public road, provided the son is entirely financially independent from his father and has no financial relationships existing with the father including any joint business interests. [6, 9, 19,31,K]

95-017-E     A redevelopment authority may, pursuant to a management agreement, reimburse certain expenses, including expenses of providing security, incurred by its property management company when the security expenses being reimbursed are the hourly rate charges of a security company which purchases insurance coverage from one of the public redevelopment authority's board members, provided the board member recuses himself from any discussion, consideration, or action concerning the security company. [5, 19, K]

95-060-E     It is a violation of 25-4-105(3)(b) for an economic development authority to sell property to the spouse of its assistant director. [19, A, K]

95-073-E     A board member of a state district appointment to an advisory board of a bank that serves as a depository of the district results in an interest in any contracts between the bank and the district entered into during his present term or any future terms and for one year thereafter in violation of Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). Caution and recusal, may be de minimis. [19, 2, B, K]

95-078-E     A trustee of a county economic development district may not be awarded a bid on a construction project financed by bond proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds issued by the county board of supervisors at the request of the county economic development district as such a contract violates 109 and 25-4-105(2). [4, 9, K]

95-081-E     Members of the county board of supervisors and municipal governing boards may compose the board of a nonprofit corporation acting as an economic development foundation when their public entities are funding the foundation if they are not compensated as foundation board members nor have personal pecuniary interests in contracts with the foundation. [6, 14, I, K]

95-094-E     A county supervisor may serve on an economic development board and an industrial development board when the supervisor's county funds both development entities without being in violation of Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2) if the supervisor is uncompensated for such service. [14, K]

95-108-E     The conflict of interest laws and the definitions under the conflict of interest laws do apply to members of an industrial board established by a joint resolution of a municipal board and a county board of supervisors. [5, 6, 9, 14, 19, K]

95-115-E     A member of a governing authority that established a joint municipal and county economic development authority:

1. may not after being contacted by an industrial prospect then contact the economic development authority to instruct its staff to make sure the industrial prospect locates on his property as to do so violates Section 25- 4-105(1) and (5). Also, potential Section 109 and Section 24-4-105(2) problems.

2. may not contact an industrial prospect directly concerning his property as a potential site when he learned of the industrial prospect by reason of his official position as to do so violates Section 25-4-105(5). Also, potential Section 109 and Section 24-4-105(2) problems.

3. may attend briefings by the economic development authority that concerns a potential site owned by the member. The member was cautioned regarding Section 25-4-105(1) and (5).

A board member of a joint municipal and county economic development authority:

4. may sell property to the municipality and/or county which will then donate it to an industrial prospect. The member was cautioned regarding Section 109 and Section 25-4-105(2).

The member was cautioned regarding Section 25-4-101 in relation to all four (4) of the above issues. [5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 19, K]

94-012-E     1. A former director of a city's Community Development Department (CDD) may not contract with another governmental entity (The Partnership) to perform tasks related to a grant initiated by the CDD and concerning which he was personally involved as a city employee.

2. Fees earned from the performance of a contract as outlined above may not flow to a corporation, the officers of which being the former mayor and the former CDD director.

94-039-E     1. A County Economic Development Authority (EDA) may furnish technical assistance to a not-for-profit private foundation (Foundation) which employs one of the county supervisors.

2. The county and/or the EDA should not proceed with an application for Federal Enterprise Community Status on behalf of a consortium which includes the Foundation which employs the county supervisor.

3. A county supervisor may be employed by a Foundation which receives technical assistance from an EDA funded by the county.

94-040-E     An employee of a city/county economic and community development authority (EDA) may simultaneously serve as member of a county board of education.

94-113-E     A Planning and Development District (PDD) may be a contractor with a local public entity at the same time the company of the spouse of a PDD employee is a contractor with the same local entity with both contracts involving the same grant awarded by the state.

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

94-128-E     A municipal governing authority board may vote to approve a variance of a municipal zoning ordinance requested by a company from which a member of the municipal governing authority board receives a significant pecuniary benefit through his or her private employment, provided...

93-081-E     Members of a Board of the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (MBFC) who are also bankers may participate in loans of the Agribusiness Enterprise Loan Program which is authorized and administered by the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development (MDECD).

93-173-E     An Industrial Development Authority (IDA) may not contract with a bank to sell it land when one of the IDA Commissioners is employed by the bank.

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

92-232-E     An EDA may not contract with a private non-profit EDC when one member of the EDA board is president of the EDC, and the spouse of another EDA member is a paid executive of the EDC. Violations: Section 109; 25-4-105(2).