2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-536 — Compensation -- Conflict of interest -- Penalties.

     17A-2-536.   Compensation -- Conflict of interest -- Penalties.
     Any engineer employed under the provisions of this part shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed and determined by the board of trustees. The salaries and all costs and expenses of the district shall be paid by the order of the board of trustees out of the district treasury from drainage funds collected for that purpose upon warrants drawn by the secretary and signed by the chair. No trustee or any officer named in this part shall in any manner be financially interested directly or indirectly in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall receive any bond, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision such officer shall be considered guilty of a felony and upon conviction therefor shall forfeit the officer's office and be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one or more than five years.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2000 General Session