12-3-106 - Conflict of interest Rebates, gifts, etc., from contractors prohibited Members of boards or commissions responsible for contracts. - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-106. Conflict of interest Rebates, gifts, etc., from contractors prohibited Members of boards or commissions responsible for contracts.

(a)  No officer or employee of the department of general services, nor any member of the board of standards, nor any head of any state department, institution or agency, nor any employee of any state department, institution or agency charged with the responsibility of initiating requisitions, shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation to whom any contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, or equipment for the state of Tennessee may be awarded, by rebate, gifts, or otherwise, any money or anything of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation, or contract for future rewards or compensation.

(b)  (1)  It is a conflict of interest for any person or any company with whom such person is an officer, a director, or an equity owner having an ownership interest greater than one percent (1%) to bid on any public contract for products or services for a governmental entity if such person or a relative of such person is a member of a board or commission having responsibility for letting or approving such contract.

     (2)  As used in this subsection (b):

          (A)  “Governmental entity” means any state agency, authority, board, commission, department, or office within the executive or judicial branch of state government or any autonomous state agency, authority, board, commission, department, office, or institution of higher education.

          (B)  “Relative” means spouse, parent, sibling or child.

[Acts 1953, ch. 163, § 23 (Williams, § 370.32); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 12-334, 12-3-128; Acts 2003, ch. 288, § 1.]