IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE amending subsection 902.33, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Ethics Code.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5064, December 11, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Subsection 902.33, Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby amended, to read as follows:
902.33. Personal benefit means any benefit which is offered or received, or perceived to be offered or received, for the purpose of influencing the manner in which a public servant performs or refrains from performing an official action, so that an attempt is made to induce the public servant, or the public servant is induced, to act in favor of some interest other than the public interest on the basis of an expectation or hope that the public servant or a partner in interest of the public servant will obtain some private gain by acting against the public interest; provided, however, that the term "personal benefit" within the meaning of this chapter does not include any of the following, which, although they may benefit individual public servants, are deemed to be primarily public benefits rather than personal benefits:
(1) payment by the County of salaries, compensation or employee benefits; or payment by an employer or business other than the County of salaries, compensation, employee benefits or pursuant to a contract, when the payment is unrelated to a public servant's status as a public servant and is not made for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the official action or decision of a public servant; or
(2) fees, expenses, or income, including those resulting from outside employment, which are permitted and reported in accordance with the policies of the County; or
(3) authorized reimbursement of reasonable, or actual and neces...
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