§ 44-40-110 — Conflict of interest

Colorado § 44-40-110

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 44: Revenue -
• Art.: State Lottery Division

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(1) Members of the commission and
employees of the division are declared to be positions of public trust and, therefore,
in order to ensure the confidence of the people of the state in the integrity of the
division, its employees, and the commission, the following restrictions shall apply:

(a) No member of the commission or employee of the division, including the
director, and no member of their immediate families, shall have any personal
pecuniary interest in any lottery or in the sale of any lottery tickets or shares or in
any corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming
equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or in any corporation,
association, or firm licensed as a sales agent under this article 40. Employment by
any political subdivision, or service on the governing body or on any board, agency,
or commission of any political subdivision that is entitled to receive a portion of the
proceeds of the lottery shall not constitute an interest prohibited by this section,
except for the purposes of appointment to or service on the commission.

(b) No member of the commission or employee of the division, including the
director, and no member of their immediate families, shall receive any gift, gratuity,
employment, or other thing of value from any person, corporation, association, or
firm that contracts with or that offers services, supplies, materials, or equipment
used by the division in the normal course of its operations.

(c) No member of the commission or employee of the division, including the
director, and no member of their immediate families, shall purchase any ticket for
any lottery conducted under this article 40; except that lottery investigators may
purchase lottery tickets when authorized to do so by the director for investigative
purposes. No person described in this subsection (1)(c) shall be eligible to receive
any prize awarded in such a lottery.

(d) No person, corporation, or firm that contracts with the division or that
offers services, supplies, materials, or equipment used by the division in the normal
course of its operations shall offer any gift, gratuity, employment, or other thing of
value to any commission member, employee of the division, or members of their
immediate families except as authorized by rules promulgated pursuant to
subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(e) No member of the commission or employee of the division who terminates
his or her relationship with the commission or the division shall, for a period of one
year from the date of termination of membership on the commission or employment
with the division, as applicable, accept employment with any lottery vendor or
represent any lottery vendor before the division or the commission.

(f) The commission shall adopt by rule a code of ethics that shall be binding
upon all of its members. Each member of the commission shall complete training at
least once each year on the code and shall further certify on an annual basis that he
or she is knowledgeable about the code and has no conflicts of interest proscribed
by this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1027), ch. 31, p. 349, � 2, effective October 1.