(a)No qualified member of the governing body of any city
or town or any member of that qualified member's immediate
family may receive any monetary or other economic benefit from
any contract to which the city or town or anyone for its benefit
is a party. The obligation on the part of the city or town is
void in any contract in which a monetary or other economic
benefit will be received by a qualified member of the governing
body or his family who does not comply with subsection (b) of
this section. Any money paid on the contract may be recovered
by the city or town from any persons by an action brought in the
name of the city or town.
(b)Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any
qualified member of a governing body or any member of that
qualified member's immediate family who
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(a) No qualified member of the governing body of any city
or town or any member of that qualified member's immediate
family may receive any monetary or other economic benefit from
any contract to which the city or town or anyone for its benefit
is a party. The obligation on the part of the city or town is
void in any contract in which a monetary or other economic
benefit will be received by a qualified member of the governing
body or his family who does not comply with subsection (b) of
this section. Any money paid on the contract may be recovered
by the city or town from any persons by an action brought in the
name of the city or town.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any
qualified member of a governing body or any member of that
qualified member's immediate family who may receive any monetary
or other economic benefit from any contract made by the
governing body if the qualified member complies with the
following:
(i) The qualified member:
(A) Shall not participate in the consideration
or discussion relating to the contract;
(B) Shall not attempt to influence the other
members of the governing body in any way relating to the
contract;
(C) Shall reveal the nature and extent of any
monetary or other economic benefit he or any member of his
immediate family may receive to the other members of the
governing body prior to consideration of the contract;
(D) Shall not vote on the matter of granting the
contract;
(E) Shall absent himself during the
consideration, discussion and vote on the contract; and
(F) Shall not act, directly or indirectly, for
the governing body in inspection, operation, administration or
securing performance under the contract in which he or any
member of his immediate family may receive any monetary or other
economic benefit.
(c) The governing body, by ordinance, shall prescribe
requirements governing conflicts of interest by any employee and
any member of his immediate family and procedures by which any
employee and any member of his immediate family may be exempt
from those requirements.
(d) No qualified member of the governing body, officer or
employee may receive any pay or perquisites from the city other
than his salary for any work coming within the scope of his
duties as provided by ordinance and the law. The governing body
shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing
to any person not a qualified member of the governing body,
officer or employee for the performance of any act, service or
duty which is within the proper scope of the duties of any
qualified member of the governing body, officer or employee of
the city or town, unless specially appropriated and ordered by a
vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all members elected to the
governing body.