Prohibited political activities.

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A public officer or employee is prohibited from:

A. directly or indirectly coercing or attempting to coerce another public officer or employee to pay, lend or contribute anything of value to a party, committee, organization, agency or person for a political purpose;

B. threatening to deny a promotion or pay increase to an employee who does or does not vote for certain candidates, requiring an employee to contribute a percentage of the employee's pay to a political fund, influencing a subordinate employee to purchase a ticket to a political fundraising dinner or similar event, advising an employee to take part in political activity or similar activities; or

C. violating the officer's or employee's duty not to use property belonging to a state agency or local government agency, or allow its use, for other than authorized purposes.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 362, § 9; 2011, ch. 138, § 4.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, prohibited a public officer or employee from violating another office's or employee's duty not to use property of local governmental agencies.


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