NRS315.981. Conflicts of interest.

      1.  A commissioner or employee of the Authority shall not voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, except as a residential tenant, in any housing project, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project or in any mortgage loan for residential housing made pursuant to the provisions of NRS 315.9983. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, the commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the Authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the Authority. Upon disclosure, the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the Authority involving the housing project, property, contract or mortgage loan for residential housing. If any commissioner or employee of the Authority previously owned or controlled an interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any housing project or in any mortgage loan for residential housing, he or she shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the Authority and the disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the Authority. Upon disclosure, the commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the Authority involving the housing project, property, contract or mortgage loan for residential housing.

      2.  A violation of any provision of this section constitutes malfeasance in office.

      3.  This section is not applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the Authority or the execution of agreements by financial institutions for the deposit or handling of money in connection with a housing project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 617; A 1975, 933; 1977, 1112; 1995, 2695; 1999, 1469; 2005, 222)