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 Page 1 of 1 156.480   Employees  of  department  or  school  districts  with  decision-making authority prohibited from supplying goods or services for which school funds 
are expended -- Penalties. (1)  No  commissioner,  associate  commissioner,  deputy  commissioner,  director, manager, purchasing agent, or other employee of the Department of Education with 
decision-making authority over the financial position of a school, school district, or 
school  system  shall  have  any  pecuniary  interest  in  the  school,  school  district,  or 
school  system,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  an  amount  exceeding  twenty-five 
dollars  ($25)  per  year,  either  at  the  time  of  or  after  his  appointment  to  office,  in 
supplying any goods, services, property, merchandise, or services, except personal 
services  that  are  in  addition  to  those required by contract  for employment, of any 
nature whatsoever for which school funds are expended. If any person specified in 
this  subsection  receives,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  gift,  reward,  or  promise  of 
reward  for  his  influence  in  recommending  or  procuring  the  use  of  any  goods, 
services, property, or merchandise of any kind whatsoever for which school funds 
are expended, he shall upon conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor 
more than five hundred dollars ($500), and his office or appointment shall without 
further action be vacant. (2)  No  employee  of  any  county  or  independent  school  district  with  decision-making authority over the financial position of the school district shall have any pecuniary 
interest,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  an  amount  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars 
($25) per year, either at the time of or after his appointment to office, in supplying 
any  goods,  services,  property,  merchandise,  or  services,  except  personal  services 
that  are  in  addition  to  those  required  by  contract  for  employment,  of  any  nature 
whatsoever  for  which  school  funds  are  expended.  If  any  person  specified  in  this 
subsection receives, directly or indirectly, any gift, reward, or promise of reward for 
his  influence  in  recommending  or  procuring  the  use  of  any  goods,  services, 
property,  or  merchandise  of  any  kind  whatsoever  for  which  school  funds  are 
expended,  he  shall  upon  conviction  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  nor 
more than five hundred dollars ($500), and his office or appointment shall without 
further action be vacant. Effective:  July 15, 1994 
History:  Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Repealed and  reenacted  1990  Ky.  Acts  ch. 476,  Pt. V,  sec. 370,  effective  July  13,  1990.  -- 
Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts 
ch. 7, Art. II, sec. 7.