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Table of Contents » Title 1 General Administration » Chapter 4 Code Of Ethics

Chapter 4. Code Of Ethics[5]

  • Title: 1 General Administration
  • § 1-401 Applicability.
  • § 1-402 Definition of "personal interest".
  • § 1-403 Disclosure of personal interest by official with vote.
  • § 1-404 Disclosure of personal interest in non-voting matters.
  • § 1-405 Acceptance of gratuities, etc.
  • § 1-406 Use of information.
  • § 1-407 Use of municipal time, facilities, etc.
  • § 1-408 Use of position or authority.
  • § 1-409 Outside employment.
  • § 1-410 Ethics complaints.
  • § 1-411 Violations and penalty.
Footnotes:
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State statutes dictate many of the ethics provisions that apply to municipal officials and employees. For provisions relative to the following, see the Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) sections indicated: 

Campaign finance: Tennessee Code Annotated, title 2, chapter 10. 

Conflict of interests: Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 6-54-107, 108; 12-4-101, 102. 

Conflict of interests disclosure statements: Tennessee Code Annotated, § 8-50-501 and the following sections. 

Consulting fee prohibition for elected municipal officials: Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 2-10-122, 124. 

Crimes involving public officials (bribery, soliciting unlawful compensation, buying and selling in regard to office): Tennessee Code Annotated, § 39-16-101 and the following sections. 

Crimes of official misconduct, official oppression, misuse of official information: Tennessee Code Annotated, § 39-16-401 and the following sections. 

Ouster law: Tennessee Code Annotated, § 8-47-101 and the following sections. 

A brief synopsis of each of these laws appears in Appendix A of this municipal code.