2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 18 - Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees
806 - Code of Ethics.

§  806.  Code  of  ethics.   1. (a) The governing body of each county,
city, town, village, school district and fire  district  shall  and  the
governing  body of any other municipality may by local law, ordinance or
resolution adopt a code of ethics setting forth for the guidance of  its
officers  and  employees the standards of conduct reasonably expected of
them. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  article  to  the
contrary,  a  fire  district  code  of  ethics  shall  also apply to the
volunteer members of the fire district fire department. Codes of  ethics
shall  provide  standards  for  officers  and  employees with respect to
disclosure of interest in legislation before the local  governing  body,
holding  of  investments  in  conflict  with  official  duties,  private
employment in conflict with official duties, future employment and  such
other standards relating to the conduct of officers and employees as may
be  deemed advisable. Such codes may regulate or prescribe conduct which
is not expressly prohibited  by  this  article  but  may  not  authorize
conduct otherwise prohibited. Such codes may provide for the prohibition
of  conduct  or  disclosure  of  information  and  the classification of
employees or officers.
  (b) Effective on and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,
such codes of  political  subdivisions,  as  defined  in  section  eight
hundred  ten  of  this article, may contain provisions which require the
filing of completed annual statements of financial disclosure  with  the
appropriate  body,  as  defined  in  section  eight  hundred ten of this
article. Nothing herein shall be construed  to  restrict  any  political
subdivision or any other municipality from requiring such a filing prior
to January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one. Other than as required by
subdivision  two  of  section  eight hundred eleven of this article, the
governing body of any such political subdivision or  other  municipality
may  at  any  time  subsequent  to the effective date of this paragraph,
adopt a local law, ordinance or resolution pursuant to  subdivision  one
of  section  eight hundred eleven of this article and any such political
subdivision or municipality, acting by its governing body, may take such
other action  as  is  authorized  in  such  subdivision.  Any  political
subdivision  or  other  municipality  to  which all of the provisions of
section eight hundred twelve of this article apply may elect  to  remove
itself  from  the ambit of all (but not some) provisions of such section
in the manner authorized in subdivision  three  of  such  section  eight
hundred  twelve.  In  such  event  any  such  political  subdivision  or
municipality shall be subject to certain conditions and limitations  set
forth  in  paragraphs  (a),  (b) and (c) of such subdivision three which
shall include, but not be limited to, the promulgation of a form  of  an
annual statement of financial disclosure described in subdivision one of
such section eight hundred eleven.
  2.  The  chief  executive officer of a municipality adopting a code of
ethics shall cause a copy thereof to be distributed to every officer and
employee of his municipality.  The  fire  district  commissioners  shall
cause a copy of the fire district's code of ethics to be posted publicly
and  conspicuously  in  each  building  under  such  district's control.
Failure to distribute any  such  copy  or  failure  of  any  officer  or
employee  to  receive  such  copy  shall  have  no effect on the duty of
compliance with such code, nor the enforcement of provisions thereof.