156.480 Employees of department or school districts with decision-making
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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.