Florida Florida Statutes

§ 159.606 — Conflicts of interest; disclosure

FS § 159.606Ch. 159

Statute text

No member or employee of a housing finance authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any qualifying housing development or in any property included or planned to be included in such a development, nor shall a member or employee have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any qualifying housing development. If any member or employee of a housing finance authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any qualifying housing project, the member or employee shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the housing finance authority. Such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the housing finance authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.History.—s. 6, ch. 78-89; s. 890, ch. 95-147.

(3)Until the members of the housing finance authority are appointed, the governing body of the county for which the housing finance authority is created and the chair of the housing finance authority shall have full authority to carry out the powers of a housing finance authority under this act; however, the governing body shall not delegate its authority to the chair under this provision. Except as provided in this section, no member of the housing finance authority may be an officer or employee of the county for which the housing finance authority is created.

Legislative history

s. 5, ch. 78-89; s. 2, ch. 86-214; s. 1, ch. 93-221; s. 889, ch. 95-147.