(A) No county employee or officer shall knowingly receive, accept, take, seek or solicit, directly or indirectly for himself or another a gift of substantial value or a substantial economic benefit tantamount to a gift that:
(1) Would tend improperly to influence a reasonable person in the person’s position to depart from the faithful and impartial discharge of the person’s public duties;
(2) The county employee or officer knows or that a reasonable person in that position should know under the circumstances is primarily for the purpose of rewarding the county employee or officer for official action taken; or
(3) If the county employee or officer recently has been, is now, or in the near future may be involved in any governmental action directly affecting the donor or lender, unless a disclosure of the gift or compensation and other relevant information has been made in the manner provided UCA § 67-16-6.
(B) The provisions of division (A) above do not apply:
(1) To an occasional non-pecuniary (not consisting of money) gift, having a value of not in excess of $50; or
(2) To an award publicly presented in recognition of public services.
(Ord. passed 6- -2019; Ord. 2021-07, passed - -)