(A) No officer, employee, board or commission member of the city or county or a city or county agency shall accept any compensation, honorarium or gift with a fair market value greater than $100 in consideration of an appearance, speech or article unless the appearance, speech or article is both related to the officer’s, employee’s, board or commission member’s activities outside of government service and is unrelated to the officer’s, employee’s, board or commission member’s service with the city or county.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an officer, employee, board or commission member of the city or county from receiving and retaining from the city or county or on behalf of the city or county actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the officer, employee, board or commission member in connection with an appearance, speech or article, provided that the officer, employee, board or commission member can show by clear and convincing evidence that the expenses were incurred or received on behalf of the city or county, or city or county agency, and primarily for the benefit of the city or county and not primarily for the benefit of the officer, employee, board or commission member or any other person.
(Prior Code, § 33.19) (Ord. 28-1994, passed 10-24-1994)