(a) Incorporation of FPPC Standard Conflict of Interest Code. The terms of the standard conflict of interest code, and any amendments, duly adopted by the California Fair Political Practices Commission ("FPPC") under California Code of Regulations, Title 2, Division 6, Section 18730 (hereafter "CCR Section 18730"), are hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) Department Conflict of Interest Code Appendix: Designated Positions & Disclosure Categories. The County Conflict of Interest Code also shall include appendices filed by County departments with the Clerk of the Board that set forth the categories of economic interests to be disclosed by employees serving in designated positions for the respective departments. Each department's appendix, entitled "Disclosure Categories for Designated Positions," shall designate the positions of employees and officers (hereafter referred to collectively as "employees"), who are required to file the Statement of Economic Interests (hereafter "Form 700"), and shall designate the categories of economic interests that the designated employees must disclose on Form 700.
(c) Rule Governing Reportable Gifts. This County Conflict of Interest Code also shall include the following provisions, which shall be in addition to the standard conflict of interest code. These provisions shall apply only to employees serving in designated positions (excluding Section 87200 filers), who are designated to disclose the receipt of gifts under the applicable Form 700 Schedule indicated in their department's appendix of "Disclosure Categories for Designated Positions."
(1) General Rule: State Law Governing Gifts that Must be Reported. Government Code section 87302(a) requires that gifts received by employees serving in designated positions are made reportable on Form 700 if the gifts, or donors of the gifts, may foreseeably be affected materially by any decision made or participated in by such designated employees pursuant to the performance of their County duties.
(2) County Conflict of Interest Code Deems Types of Gifts that Must be Reported. This Conflict of Interest Code deems gifts, or donors of gifts, to be foreseeably affected by decisions made or participated in, or to be made or participated in, by designated employees pursuant to the performance of their County duties, if the donors of the gifts are persons or entities (i) doing business with, (ii) seeking to do business with, or (iii) seeking discretionary approvals from, the County.
(3) Gifts Deemed Reportable Must be Disclosed on Form 700 if Gift Value is $50 or More. Designated employees who receive a gift or gifts, described in subparagraph (2) above, from a single source during a calendar year with a value of $50 or more, shall be required to report their receipt of such gifts on Form 700, in the manner required by law.
(4) Gifts Not Deemed Reportable May Not Need to be Disclosed on Form 700. Designated employees are not required to report their receipt of a gift on Form 700 if the gift is not within the meaning of the gifts described in subparagraph (2) above, unless the designated employees determine that the facts demonstrate that the gift, or the donors of the gift, may nevertheless foreseeably be affected by decisions made or participated in, or to be made or participated in, by the designated employees pursuant to the performance of their County duties.
(5) Gifts Not Deemed Reportable Are Not Subject to State Law Annual Gift Maximum. Designated employees, who are not required to report their receipt of a gift pursuant to subparagraph (4) above, also are not subject to the State law prohibition of accepting gifts from a single source in any calendar year in excess of$440, as adjusted in the Consumer Price Index pursuant to Government Code § 89503(f).
(Ord. No. 9803 (N.S.), effective 11-30-06, operative 1-1-07; amended by Ord. No. 10363 (N.S.), effective 1-1-15)