50-2017. INTERESTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COMMISSIONERS OR EMPLOYEES. No public official or employee of a municipality (or board or commission thereof), and no commissioner or employee of an urban renewal agency shall voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project in such municipality or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such urban renewal project. Where such acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the agency and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the agency. If any such official, commissioner or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding two (2) years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he knows is included or planned to be included in an urban renewal project, he shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the agency, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the agency, and any such official, commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the municipality (or board or commission thereof), or urban renewal agency affecting such property. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
History:
[50-2017, added 1965, ch. 246, sec. 17, p. 600; am. 1986, ch. 9, sec. 2, p. 51.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Chapter 20 - URBAN RENEWAL LAW
Section 50-2001 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 50-2002 - FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF NECESSITY.
Section 50-2003 - ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
Section 50-2004 - WORKABLE PROGRAM.
Section 50-2005 - FINDING OF NECESSITY BY LOCAL GOVERNING BODY.
Section 50-2006 - URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY.
Section 50-2008 - PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
Section 50-2009 - NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY-WIDE PLANS.
Section 50-2010 - ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Section 50-2011 - DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY IN URBAN RENEWAL AREA.
Section 50-2012 - ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Section 50-2013 - BONDS AS LEGAL INVESTMENTS.
Section 50-2014 - PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXES AND FROM LEVY AND SALE BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION.
Section 50-2015 - COOPERATION BY PUBLIC BODIES.
Section 50-2016 - TITLE OF PURCHASER.
Section 50-2017 - INTERESTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COMMISSIONERS OR EMPLOYEES.
Section 50-2018 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 50-2027 - LIMITATIONS ON REVIEW OF ADOPTION OR MODIFICATION OF PLAN, AND ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Section 50-2031 - SEVERABILITY.