Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1059
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Interest of commissioners, officers, or employees
Official statutory text
A. During his tenure and for one (1) year thereafter, no
commissioner, officer, or employee of the local housing authority
shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any
project or in any property included or planned to be included in any
project, or in any contract or proposed contract relating to any
housing project. If any such commissioner, officer, or employee
involuntarily acquired any such interest, or voluntarily or
involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or
employment as commissioner, officer, or employee, the commissioner,
officer, or employee, in any such event, shall immediately disclose
his interest in writing to the authority, and such disclosure shall
be entered upon the minutes of the authority, and the commissioner,
officer, or employee shall not participate in any action by the
authority relating to the property or contract in which he has any
such interest. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this
section shall constitute misconduct in office. This section shall
not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or
bonds of an authority issued in connection with any housing project,
or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the
deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project or to act
as trustee under any trust indenture, or to utility services the
rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1315
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the
housing authority commissioner who is a tenant.
commissioner, officer, or employee of the local housing authority
shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any
project or in any property included or planned to be included in any
project, or in any contract or proposed contract relating to any
housing project. If any such commissioner, officer, or employee
involuntarily acquired any such interest, or voluntarily or
involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or
employment as commissioner, officer, or employee, the commissioner,
officer, or employee, in any such event, shall immediately disclose
his interest in writing to the authority, and such disclosure shall
be entered upon the minutes of the authority, and the commissioner,
officer, or employee shall not participate in any action by the
authority relating to the property or contract in which he has any
such interest. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this
section shall constitute misconduct in office. This section shall
not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or
bonds of an authority issued in connection with any housing project,
or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the
deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project or to act
as trustee under any trust indenture, or to utility services the
rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1315
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the
housing authority commissioner who is a tenant.
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