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TRUSTEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 Board of Trustee members may not have a financial
interest directly or indirectly in any contract or other transaction pertaining to the
maintenance or conduct of the District, or accept any reward or compensation for services
rendered as a Board member except as otherwise provided by law.
Guidelines
A Trustee may not:
1. Accept any reward or compensation for services rendered as a Trustee except as
expressly provided by law;
2. Accept and award contracts involving the District to businesses in which a Trustee or
person related to him/her by blood or marriage within the second degree has a direct
or indirect interest except when the procedures set forth in Idaho Code §§ 18-1361
or 18-1361A are followed;
3. Enter into a contract in the Trustee’s individual capacity, the effect of which is to
create a personal interest which may conflict with the officer’s public duty;
4. Be a purchaser or vendor at any sale or purchase made by the Trustee in the
Trustee’s official capacity;
5. Use public funds or property to obtain a pecuniary benefit for himself/herself;
6. Solicit, accept or receive a pecuniary benefit as payment for services, advice,
assistance or conduct customarily exercised in the course of the Trustee’s official
business;
7. Use or disclose confidential information gained in the course of or by reason of the
Trustee’s official position or activities in any manner with the intent to obtain a
pecuniary benefit for the Trustee or any other person or entity in whose welfare the
Trustee is interested or with the intent to harm the District;
8. Be involved in the employment of a relative related by affinity or consanguinity
within the second degree and shall be absent from the meeting while such
employment is being considered and/or determined;
9. Employ the spouse of a trustee when such employment requires or will require the
payment or delivery of any school District funds, money, or property to such spouse
except when the procedures set forth in Idaho Code § 33-507(3) are followed;
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10. Appoint or vote for the appointment of any person related to him by blood or
marriage within the second degree to any clerkship, office, position, employment or
duty, when the salary, wages, pay or compensation of such appointee is to be paid
out of public funds or fees of office, or appointment or furnish employment to any
person whose salary, wages, pay or compensation is to be paid out of public funds
or fees of office, and who is related by either blood or marriage within the second
degree to any other public servant making or voting for such appointment; or
11. Use the Trustee’s official power to further the Trustee’s own interests
12. Have a pecuniary interest directly or indirectly (except a remote interest) in any
contract or other transaction pertaining to the maintenance or conduct of the School
District.
DEFINITIONS
Relation by blood within the second degree: includes grandparents and
grandchildren. Laterally, it includes brothers and sisters.
Remote Interest:
1. The Trustee is a non-salaried employee of a nonprofit corporation; or
2. The Trustee is an employee or agent of a contracting party where the compensation
of the Trustee as an employee or agent consists entirely of fixed wages or salary; or
3. The Trustee is a landlord or tenant of a contracting party; or
4. The Trustee is a holder of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of a corporation
or cooperative a contracting party; and
5. The Trustee discloses such remote interest to the Board of Trustees.
Adopted: 03-09-2005 Reviewed: 08-08-2012 Revised: 02-11-2015
01-17-2018
03-11-2020
Legal Reference: Idaho Code § 33-507 Limitation upon authority of Trustees
Idaho Code § 18-1359 Using public position for personal gain
Idaho Code § 18-1361 Self-interest contracts - Exception
Idaho Code § 18-1361A Non-compensated Appointed Public Servant –
Relative of Public Servant – Exceptions
Idaho Code § 74-501 Officers Not to be Interested in Contracts
Idaho Code § 74-502 Remote Interests
Idaho Code § 74-503 Officers Not to be Interested in Sales
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