Athens City Code

For purposes of ACC 1-179 and ACC 1-180, the term "personal interest" means:

1. (1) Any financial, ownership, or employment interest in the subject of a vote by a municipal board not otherwise regulated by state statutes on conflicts of interests; or
2. (2) Any financial, ownership, or employment interest in a matter to be regulated or supervised; or
3. (3) Any such financial, ownership, or employment interest of the official's or employee's spouse, parents, stepparents, grandparents, siblings, children, or stepchildren.
4. (4) The term "employment interest" includes a situation in which an official or employee or a designated family member is negotiating possible employment with a person or organization that is the subject of the vote or that is to be regulated or supervised.
5. (5) In any situation in which a personal interest is also a conflict of interest under state law, the provisions of the state law take precedence over the provisions of this chapter.

(Code 1995, § 1-502; Ord. No. 956, 6-19-2007)