To protect the public trust by avoiding even the appearance
or perception that favoritism, special dealing or political considerations were
involved in Division decisions, it is the policy of the Division to abide by
these standards of conduct:
(1) A
Governing Board member or employee shall not engage in prohibited business
solicitation communications. A Governing Board member who receives a prohibited
business solicitation communication shall place on the record at the next
available Governing Board meeting all written communications received, all
written responses to such communications, and a memorandum stating the
substance of all oral communications received and all oral responses made. If
an employee receives a prohibited business solicitation communication, the
Director of the Division or the Governing Board member by which the employee is
employed shall place on the record at the next available Governing Board
meeting all written communications received, all written responses to such
communications, and a memorandum stating the substance of all oral
communications received and all oral responses made. The Governing Board member
or employee shall advise the service provider or underwriter who makes a
prohibited business solicitation communication that the prohibited business
solicitation communication will be made a part of the record at the next
available Governing Board meeting.
(2) No Division employee may maintain a
direct ownership interest in any bonds issued by the Division or any
certificates of participation issued in connection with the award of a Master
Equipment Financing Agreement. For purposes of this section "direct ownership
interest" means the purchase of bonds or certificates of participation through
the direct exercise of the decision to purchase the individual bonds or
certificates of participation by the Division employee and shall not include
the ownership of bonds or certificates of participation through a fund or other
collective ownership method where the actual decision to purchase the
individual bonds or certificates of participation was not made by the Division
employee.
(3) No Division employee
shall disclose or use financing or refinancing information not available to
members of the general public and gained by reason of his or her official
position for personal gain or benefit or for the personal gain or benefit of
any other person or business entity.
Notes
Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 19A-6.003
Rulemaking Authority
215.62(5),
287.064(8) FS.
Law Implemented 112.313(8),
215.62(5),
215.64(5),
215.68(5),
287.064
FS.
New 12-3-91, Formerly
13K-6.003, Amended 5-25-95.
New 12-3-91, Formerly 13K-6.003, Amended
5-25-95.
