2005 Montana Code Annotated - 7-3-4256 — Control of conflict of interest.

     7-3-4256. Control of conflict of interest. (1) No officer or employee elected or appointed in any such city shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials or the profits thereof or materials, supplies, or services to be furnished or performed for the city. No such officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials or the profits thereof or services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gasworks, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange, or other public utility within the territorial limits of said city. No such officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of said city any interurban railway, street railway, gasworks, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation any other service upon terms more favorable than is granted to the public generally. Such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firefighters in uniform, nor shall any free service to the city officials heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section. Any officer or employee of such city who, by solicitation or otherwise, shall exert his influence, directly or indirectly, to influence other officers or employees of such city to adopt his political views or to favor any particular person or candidate for office or who shall in any manner contribute money, labor, or other valuable thing to any person for election purposes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 30 days.
     (2) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and every such contract and agreement shall be void.

     History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 57, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 5389, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5389, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3127.