96-085-E     Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) prohibit the economic development authority's purchase of county club property when some of its members are stockholders in the county club. [K]

96-098-E     A county port and harbor commission member's employment by an industry located in the port and harbor commission's industrial park is not as such a violation of the conflict of interest laws if no contract has been authorized during the member's term and the industry is not a contractor, subcontractor or vendor with the port and harbor commission. Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109, §25-4-101 and §25-4- 105(1), (2) and (3)(a). [9, K]

96-117-E     An economic development authority/association is a quasi-governmental entity and the elected officials serving on its board when their respective governmental entities are funding it does not as such violate the conflict of interest laws. Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109, §25-4-105(1) and (2) and §25-4-101. [6, I, K]

96-120-E     A business co-owned by a county supervisor selling to an industry located in the county's industrial park is not as such a violation of the conflict of interest laws if no contract has been authorized by the board of supervisors during the supervisor's term or for one year thereafter. Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109, §25-4- 105(1) and (2), and §25-4-101. [14, K]

96-128-E     1. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from using a bank that is also serving as a county depository.

2. If the county board of supervisors authorizes funds appropriated to the county economic council, then the supervisor would have a prohibited interest in the economic council's contract with his publishing company in violation of the above cited Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2).

3. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from accepting contracts, including advertising contracts, with commercial land developers.

4. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from accepting contracts, including advertising contracts, with an architecture firm that has contracted with another authority of the county government such as the county's civic center commission.

5. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from allowing a financial consultant to write a monthly column for the company, at no cost to the company, even though the financial consultant has in the past contracted with the county on bond issues and most likely will in the future.

6. The county supervisor will be responsible and liable for any illegal contract entered into by his publishing company even if the contracts were through his agents.

Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1) and (3)(d) and §25-4-101. [2, 4, 14, K]

96-139-E     A spouse of a member of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors may be employed by the county economic development district to provide administrative duties for the Chamber when the district contracts with the Chamber to provide administrative support for a fee. This is because the Chamber is not a governmental entity and the Chamber director is not a public servant under the conflict of interest laws. See the definitions is §25-4-103(g) and (p). [A, K]