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Code of conduct - 74 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8204

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     § 8204.  Code of conduct.
        (a)  Contents.--The commission shall adopt a comprehensive
     code of conduct within 90 days of the effective date of this
     section. The code of conduct shall supplement all other
     requirements under this chapter and shall provide guidelines
     applicable to members and executive-level employees and the
     immediate families of the members and executive-level employees
     to enable them to avoid any perceived or actual conflict of
     interest and to promote public confidence in the integrity and
     impartiality of the commission. At a minimum, the code of
     conduct adopted under this section shall provide that:
            (1)  No member or executive-level employee may accept any
        discount, gift, gratuity, compensation, travel, lodging or
        other thing of value, in excess of the limits under 65
        Pa.C.S. § 1105(b)(6) and (7) (relating to statement of
        financial interests) directly or indirectly, from any
        facility or business with which the commission has a
        contractual relationship.
            (2)  Members and executive-level employees shall refrain
        from any financial or business dealing which would affect the
        member's objectivity, impartiality or independence of
        judgment.
            (3)  (i)  No member or executive-level employee may use
            the promise of business with the commission to solicit
            funds for any charitable, educational, religious, health,
            fraternal, civic or other nonprofit entity.
                (ii)  A member or executive-level employee may serve
            as an officer, employee or member of the governing body
            of a nonprofit entity and may attend, make personal
            contributions to and plan or preside over the entity's
            fundraising events.
                (iii)  A member or executive-level employee may
            permit his name to appear on the letterhead used for
            fundraising events if the letterhead contains only the
            member's name and position with the nonprofit entity.
            (4)  No member or executive-level employee nor the
        immediate family of such person shall participate in any
        deliberations or vote of the commission in which that person
        may have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest.
            (5)  (i)  A member shall abstain from any vote or
            decision which authorizes a contract in which the member
            has any pecuniary interest. The member shall disclose the
            interest in a public meeting prior to the vote or
            decision.
                (ii)  Failure to comply with this paragraph shall
            make the contract null and void.
            (6)  No former member or executive-level employee may
        receive any pecuniary benefit from a contract between the
        commission and the employer of the former member or
        executive-level employee for a period of one year from the
        termination of employment or service with the commission. No
        former member or executive-level employee may solicit any
        contracts with the commission for a period of one year from
        the termination of employment or service with the commission.
            (7)  A member of the commission who has been convicted
        during his term in any domestic or foreign jurisdiction of a
        felony shall, upon conviction, be automatically removed from
        the commission and shall be ineligible to become a commission
        member in the future.
            (8)  No member may solicit, request, suggest or recommend
        the employment, by either the commission or a contractor with
        the commission, of any individual related within the first
        degree of consanguinity to the member as set forth in 23
        Pa.C.S. § 1304(e) (relating to restrictions on issuance of
        license) or the spouse of the individual.
        (b)  Audit.--
            (1)  At least once every four years, the Department of
        the Auditor General shall review the performance, procedures,
        operating budget, capital budget and debt of the commission
        and shall audit the accounts of the commission.
            (2)  The Auditor General shall be entitled to go beyond
        mere financial statements and shall be entitled to examine
        original source documents at such time as is believed
        necessary or may otherwise examine original documents on a
        random basis designed to ensure the integrity of the audit.
            (3)  The provisions of section 706(d) of the act of April
        9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code
        of 1929, shall apply to any audit conducted under this
        subsection.

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