§ 805-a. Certain action prohibited.
1.No municipal officer or\nemployee shall: a. directly or indirectly, solicit any gift, or accept\nor receive any gift having a value of seventy-five dollars or more,\nwhether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment,\nhospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances\nin which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to\ninfluence him, or could reasonably be expected to influence him, in the\nperformance of his official duties or was intended as a reward for any\nofficial action on his part;\n b. disclose confidential information acquired by him in the course of\nhis official duties or use such information to further his personal\ninterests;\n c. receive, or enter into any agreement, expres
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§ 805-a. Certain action prohibited. 1. No municipal officer or\nemployee shall: a. directly or indirectly, solicit any gift, or accept\nor receive any gift having a value of seventy-five dollars or more,\nwhether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment,\nhospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances\nin which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to\ninfluence him, or could reasonably be expected to influence him, in the\nperformance of his official duties or was intended as a reward for any\nofficial action on his part;\n b. disclose confidential information acquired by him in the course of\nhis official duties or use such information to further his personal\ninterests;\n c. receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for\ncompensation for services to be rendered in relation to any matter\nbefore any municipal agency of which he is an officer, member or\nemployee or of any municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction or to\nwhich he has the power to appoint any member, officer or employee; or\n d. receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for\ncompensation for services to be rendered in relation to any matter\nbefore any agency of his municipality, whereby his compensation is to be\ndependent or contingent upon any action by such agency with respect to\nsuch matter, provided that this paragraph shall not prohibit the fixing\nat any time of fees based upon the reasonable value of the services\nrendered.\n 2. In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law,\nany person who shall knowingly and intentionally violate this section\nmay be fined, suspended or removed from office or employment in the\nmanner provided by law.\n