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Restrictions on Members of Commissions and Boards; Prohibited Appointments (G.L. c. 268A, §§ 8A, 15A, 21A) Legal Opinions

Formal legal opinions by the State Ethics Commission addressing G.L. c. 268A, §§ 8A, 15A, 21A
  • EC-COI-03-3

    Pursuant to section 8A of G.L. c. 268A, a member of a state board is eligible to apply for a position under the supervision of the board on which he serves without first resigning his board position. The board, however, may not take any action regarding the board member's application, such as selecting him for an interview, until 30 days have elapsed after the board member has terminated his service as a member. The board, however, may act within the 30-day period on any other application.

  • EC-COI-04-1

    Section 15A of G.L. c. 268A does not prohibit the Dukes County Commission from appointing one of its members to the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority board of directors. The board of directors is not "under the supervision" of the commissioners.

  • EC-COI-91-15

    Under section 15A of G.L. c. 268A, members of a county conservation district board of supervisors may not provide paid consultant services to the conservation district unless they resign their board positions and have been off the board for at least 30 days.

  • EC-COI-84-147

    Board of trustees members and appointed employees of an institution of higher education may serve on the board of a company established to provide support to the institution without violating §§ 8A and 7 of the conflict of interest law.  The Commission concludes that the company performs essentially governmental functions and so is a state agency for conflict of interest purposes, and the company board members state employees, but the institution board members and employees who also serve on the board do so as a extension of their primary employment

  • EC-COI-84-25
    Section 8A of the conflict of interest law will not prohibit a former member of a state board from being appointed executive director of a non-profit organization that provides financial support to a state higher education institution but is otherwise not a part of the institution.

  • EC-COI-83-1

    A Board of Selectmen member in a town, after leaving the board, must observe a six-month waiting period, pursuant to St. 1982, c. 107, and not the thirty-day waiting period provided for in § 21A of the conflict of interest law, before being eligible to be appointed by the board to the executive secretary position.

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