A public employee may not use her official position to get something worth $50 or more that would not be properly available to other similarly situated individuals. Similarly, a public employee may not use her official position to get something worth $50 or more for someone else that would not be properly available to other similarly situated individuals. Causing someone else to do these things is also prohibited.
Example of violation: A state employee writes a novel on work time, using her office computer, and directing her secretary to proofread the draft.
Example of violation: The commissioner of a state agency directs subordinates to drive her wife to and from the grocery store.
Example of violation: An assistant attorney general avoids a speeding ticket by asking the police officer who stops him, "Do you know who I am?" and showing his state I.D.
Example of violation: A full-time town employee writes a novel on work time, using her office computer, and directing her secretary to proofread the draft.
Example of violation: A city councilor directs subordinates to drive the councilor's wife to and from the grocery store.
Example of violation: A mayor avoids a speeding ticket by asking the police officer who stops him, "Do you know who I am?" and showing his municipal I.D.
Example of violation: A county employee writes a novel on work time, using her office computer, and directing her secretary to proofread the draft.
Example of violation: The commissioner of a county agency directs subordinates to drive his spouse to and from the grocery store.
Example of violation: A county commissioner avoids a speeding ticket by asking the police officer who stops him, "Do you know who I am?" and showing his county I.D.