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DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES AND COMMITTEES

 

SECTION ONE

All persons serving as members and designated alternate members of any Board, Commission, Agency, Authority and/or Committee (hereinafter a “Board” or “Boards”) within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (“LARA”) are public officials who have been appointed by the Governor and who have taken the constitutional oath of office.  As public officials, Board members shall perform their official duties in a manner that is consistent with the LARA Code of Conduct and the conflicts of interest laws of the State of Michigan, which, as may be applicable to a particular Board member, include the following:

·        Article 4, section 10 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963

·        Michigan Incompatible Public Office Statute, MCL 15.181 et seq.

·        Conflicts of Interest Statute, MCL 15.301 et seq.

·        Michigan Contracts of Public Servants with Public Entities Statute, MCL 15.321 et seq. ( hereinafter, “Public Servant Act”)

·        Standards of Conduct For Public Officers and Employees (“State Ethics Act”), MCL 15.341 et seq.; and

·        Executive Orders 2003-1 and 2003-19.

SECTION TWO

In addition to the requirements set forth above, with respect to contracts, grants or loans, the Board’s conflict of interest policy shall be as follows:

Any contract, grant or loan that is approved by the Board, and which is entered into or awarded to a entity that has a Board member who is a member, director, officer or employee of the entity, is not a contract, grant or loan prohibited under applicable conflicts of interest law, if all of the following occur:

1.        Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(3) of the Public Servant Act, MCL 15.323(3), the affected Board member abstains from participating in any discussion or vote on the contract, grant or loan; and

2.        The affected Board member promptly discloses the pecuniary, contractual, business, employment or personal interest in the contract, grant or loan as may be required, and in the manner provided, by the statutory requirements set forth in Section One. Any such disclosure, if required by law, shall simultaneously be made to the Director of LARA; and

3.        The disclosures, affidavit and actions required by Section 3 of the Public Servant Act, MCL 15.323, if applicable, are made and fulfilled with any required disclosure and/or affidavit being simultaneously delivered to the Director of LARA.