Nepotism or financial interest by judges or certain other elected county officials, in private entities, prohibited
A judge, or anyone closely related to a judge or certain other elected county officials, cannot have a financial stake in any private company that has a contract to provide probation or rehabilitation services in that county.
559.615. Nepotism or by judges or certain other elected county officials, in private entities, prohibited. — No judge, nor any person related within the to a judge or any other county elected official with direct court supervision responsibilities, may have a in any private which contracts to provide or sections 559.600 to 559.615.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 8, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248)
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