Arizona
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED
TITLE 15. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 3. LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATIONAL POWERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARDS
A.R.S. S 15-323
§ 15-323. Governing board member; voting eligibility; purchases from board member
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing board member is eligible to vote on any budgetary, personnel or other question which comes before the board, except:
1. It shall be unlawful for a member to vote on a specific item which concerns the appointment, employment or remuneration of such member or any person related to such member who is a spouse or a dependent as defined in S 43-1001.
2. No member may vote on the employment of a person who is a member of the governing board or who is the spouse of a member of the governing board and
whose membership on the board and employment are prohibited by S 15-421, subsection D.
B. The governing board may make purchases from a board member if the transaction does not exceed three hundred dollars, the total purchases from any board member by the board within any twelve month period do not exceed one thousand dollars and the board has by majority vote adopted within the preceding twelve month period a policy authorizing such purchases.
C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, the governing board of a school district having a student count of fewer than three thousand may make purchases from a board member in any amount as provided in this subsection and S 15-213. The governing board must approve each purchase from a board member, and the amount of the purchase or contract for purchase shall be included in the minutes of the meeting at which the governing board approves the purchase.
A.R.S. S 15-401
§ 15-401. Qualifications of school electors; school district registers; challenge; tally lists
A. A person who is a qualified elector of this state under § 16-121 in the boundaries of the school district twenty-nine days immediately preceding the election is qualified to vote at an election of the school district in the precinct in which he is registered. For the purposes of this title, the term "qualified school elector", "qualified elector", "school elector" or "elector" shall have the qualifications prescribed in this subsection.
B. All school elections shall be conducted by use of school district precinct registers and in the manner as provided in §§ 16-579, 16-580 and 16-584. A
person offering to vote may be challenged, and the election officers shall thereupon have the powers and duties of general election officers.
C. The forms for the tally list shall be furnished by the county board of supervisors, and the tally lists must be completed and returned to the county school superintendent and shall be kept by him for not less than five years.
A.R.S. S 15-451
§ 15-451. Appointment of governing board for joint unified school districts
A. If the election results in the formation of the joint unified school district, the county school superintendent shall appoint a governing board consisting of five members. The appointed members shall have authority to adopt a budget and perform such other functions necessary for the school district to become operative at the beginning of the next fiscal year and shall serve until January 1 following the next general election. At the general election held next following the formation and thereafter, five members shall be elected as prescribed in § 15-427, subsection B.
B. If any members of the governing boards of the original school districts are residents of the new joint unified school district, those members shall continue to serve on the governing boards of the original school districts until the joint unified school district becomes operative and upon the joint unified school district becoming operative shall be replaced by members who are appointed by the appropriate county school superintendent. The appointed members shall serve until January 1 following the next general election. At the general election next following the formation, new members shall be elected as prescribed in § 15-427, subsection B.
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED
TITLE 38. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 3. CONDUCT OF OFFICE
ARTICLE 8. CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
A.R.S. § 38-503
§ 38-503. Conflict of interest; exemptions; employment prohibition
A. Any public officer or employee of a public agency who has, or whose relative has, a substantial interest in any contract, sale, purchase or service to such public agency shall make known that interest in the official records of such public agency and shall refrain from voting upon or otherwise participating in any manner as an officer or employee in such contract, sale or purchase.
B. Any public officer or employee who has, or whose relative has, a substantial interest in any decision of a public agency shall make known such interest in the official records of such public agency and shall refrain from
participating in any manner as an officer or employee in such decision.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A and B of this section, no public officer or employee of a public agency shall supply to such public agency any equipment, material, supplies or services, unless pursuant to an award or contract let after public competitive bidding, except that:
1. A school district governing board may purchase, as provided in §§ 15-213 and 15-323, supplies, materials and equipment from a school board member.
2. Political subdivisions other than school districts may purchase through their governing bodies, without using public competitive bidding procedures, supplies, materials and equipment not exceeding three hundred dollars in cost in any single transaction, not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars annually, from a member of the governing body if the policy for such purchases is approved annually.
D. Notwithstanding subsections A and B of this section and as provided in §§ 15-421 and 15-1441, the governing board of a school district or a community college district may not employ a person who is a member of the governing board or who is the spouse of a member of the governing board.
A.R.S. S 38-504
§ 38-504. Prohibited acts
A. No public officer or employee may represent another person for compensation before a public agency by which he is or was employed within the preceding twelve months or on which he serves or served within the preceding twelve months concerning any matter with which such officer or employee was directly concerned and in which he personally participated during his employment or service by a substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion.
B. During the period of his employment or service and for two years thereafter, no public officer or employee may disclose or use for his personal profit, without appropriate authorization, any information acquired by him in the course of his official duties which has been clearly designated to him as confidential when such confidential designation is warranted because of the status of the proceedings or the circumstances under which the information was received and preserving its confidentiality is necessary to the proper conduct of government business. No public officer or employee shall disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, any information acquired by him in the course of his official duties which is declared confidential by law.
C. No public officer or employee may use or attempt to use his official position to secure any valuable thing or valuable benefit for himself that would not ordinarily accrue to him in the performance of his official duties, which thing or benefit is of such character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon him with respect to his duties.
D. Notwithstanding subsection A, neither the director of the department of gaming nor any other employee of the department of gaming may be employed within the gaming industry or represent another person for compensation before the department of gaming for a period of two years from the last day of the person's employment with the department of gaming.