§ 1-602 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   For purposes of §§ 1-603 and 1-604 of this chapter, PERSONAL INTEREST means:
      (1)   Any financial, ownership or employment interest in the subject of a vote by a municipal board not otherwise regulated by state statutes on conflicts of interests;
      (2)   Any financial, ownership or employment interest in a matter to be regulated or supervised; or
      (3)   Any such financial, ownership or employment interest of the official’s or employee’s spouse, parent(s), step parent(s), grandparent(s), sibling(s), child(ren) or step child(ren).
   (B)   The words EMPLOYMENT INTEREST include a situation in which an official or employee or a designated family member is negotiating possible employment with a person or organization that is the subject of the vote or that is to be regulated or supervised.
   (C)   In any situation in which a personal interest is also a conflict of interest under state law, the provisions of the state law take precedence over the provisions of this chapter.
(2011 Code, § 1-602) (Ord. 07-03, passed 3- -2007)