Ord 2016-038/amending Chapter 2, Article 5, Code of Ethics, of the San Marcos City Code

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(C) A member of his or her household; (D) An outside employer of the official or employee or of his or her immediate family member; (E) A business entity in which the official or employee or his or her immediate family member holds an economic interest; (F) A business entity for which the city official or employee serves as an officer or director or in any other policy making position; or (G) A person or business entity from whom the official or employee, or his or her immediate family member, has solicited, received and not rejected, or accepted any benefit or an offer of employment within the past twelve twenty four months; or (2) Confer a benefit on the official or employee, or deprive the official or employee of a benefit, where the effect of the action on the official or employee is distinguishable from the effect of the action on members of the public in general or a substantial segment of the public. (b)Meaning of"affect". (1) In subsection (a)(1) above, an action is likely to affect an official's or employee's economic interest if it meets all of the following: (A) The action is likely to have an effect on that interest, either positive or negative, that is distinguishable from its effect on members of the public in general or a substantial segment of the public. (B) The effect of the action on that interest is direct, and not secondary or indirect. However, the action need not be the only producing cause of the effect in order for the effect to be direct. C) The effect on the interest must be more than insignificant or de minimis in nature or value. (2) In determining whether a person, entity or property is or was affected by a vote or decision, it will not be necessary to prove the actual existence or occurrence of an economic effect or consequence if the effect or consequence would be reasonably expected to exist or occur. (c) Recusal and disclosure. A city official or employee whose conduct would otherwise violate subsection (a), or a state conflict of interest law, if he or she took an action must abstain from participation in the action in accordance with the following: