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[NAME OF AGENCY]

CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

The Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 81000, et seq.) requires state and local government agencies to adopt and promulgate conflict of interest codes. The Fair Political Practices Commission has adopted a regulation (2 California Code of Regulations Section 18730) that contains the terms of a standard conflict of interest code, which can be incorporated by reference in an agency’s code.  After public notice and hearing, the standard code may be amended by the Fair Political Practices Commission to conform to amendments in the Political Reform Act. Therefore, the terms of 2 California Code of Regulations Section 18730 and any amendments to it duly adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission are hereby incorporated by reference. This regulation and the attached Appendix [or Appendices], designating positions and establishing disclosure categories, shall constitute the conflict of interest code of the [Name of Agency] (One word description of agency, such as: District). [Example: Ojai Water District (District).]

Individuals holding designated positions shall file their statements of economic interests with the District, which will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction (Gov. Code Sec. 81008). All statements will be retained by the District.  

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Individuals holding designated positions shall file their statements of economic interests with the District, which will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction (Gov. Code Sec. 81008). Upon receipt of the statements for the [top officials, e.g., Members of the Board, Alternates, and the Executive Director], the District shall make and retain copies and forward the originals to the [name of code reviewing body]. All other statements will be retained by the District.