Arizona § 31-204 Interest of employee in contracts; gifts to or from prisoner; penalty

Arizona Statutes

§ 31-204 — Interest of employee in contracts; gifts to or from prisoner; penalty

Arizona § 31-204

Title 31Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2STATE PRISON

Art. 1Officers and Employees

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 31-204 (2026).

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A.An officer or employee shall not have any monetary interest in any contract or purchase made by anyone for or on behalf of the department, or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for services unless approved by the director.

B.An officer or employee of the department, a contractor or an agent or employee of a contractor, without written permission of the warden, deputy warden or prison administrator, shall not make a gift or present to or receive a gift or present from a prisoner, or barter or deal with a prisoner.

C.This section does not prohibit an officer or employee of the department from maintaining secondary employment in:

1.Any correctional facility that is not within the person's primary employment.

2.Any institution of higher learning as an adjunct faculty memb

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A. An officer or employee shall not have any monetary interest in any contract or purchase made by anyone for or on behalf of the department, or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for services unless approved by the director.

B. An officer or employee of the department, a contractor or an agent or employee of a contractor, without written permission of the warden, deputy warden or prison administrator, shall not make a gift or present to or receive a gift or present from a prisoner, or barter or deal with a prisoner.

C. This section does not prohibit an officer or employee of the department from maintaining secondary employment in:

1. Any correctional facility that is not within the person's primary employment.

2. Any institution of higher learning as an adjunct faculty member.

D. Any person violating this section shall be discharged from office or service, and every contractor, or employee or agent of a contractor, shall not be permitted to act or serve again as such contractor, agent or employee.