565.05 Conflicts of interest.

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(1)No employee in the lottery division of the department or the secretary, deputy secretary, or assistant deputy secretary of revenue may do any of the following:

(a)Except as provided in sub.

(1m), have a direct or indirect interest in, or be employed by, any vendor while serving as an employee in the lottery division of the department or as secretary, deputy secretary, or assistant deputy secretary of revenue for 2 years following the person’s termination of service.

(b)Have a direct or indirect interest in or be employed by a business which has entered into a retailer contract under s. 565.10 .

(d)Accept or agree to accept money or any other thing of value from any vendor, retailer or person who has submitted a bid, proposal or application to be a vendor or retailer.

(1m)A former employee of the lottery division of the department may be employed by a vendor at any time following the termination of the employee’s employment with the lottery division of the department if the department has entered into a contract with the vendor to perform services that were previously performed by employees of the lottery division of the department. An employee of the lottery division of the department may discuss future employment with a vendor while the vendor is attempting to enter into a major procurement contract with the department relating to the lottery only if the employee has the prior written consent of the administrator. This subsection does not apply to the administrator, deputy administrator, or any bureau director in the lottery division of the department.

(2)A vendor selected to provide management consultation services described under s. 565.01

(a)or

(b)may not do any of the following:

(a)Submit a bid or competitive sealed proposal with respect to those goods or services.

(b)Have any ownership interest in or any partners, members or shareholders who have any ownership interest in any vendor that is under contract to supply or that submits a bid or competitive sealed proposal to supply those goods or services.