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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HOUSE BILL 2683 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 31-203 and 31-204, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 31-203, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
31-203. Persons disqualified as officers or employees
No person shall be appointed to any office or be employed by the department on behalf of the state who:
1. Is a contractor or an agent or employee of a contractor for the department, except pursuant to section 31-204.
2. Is interested, directly or indirectly, in any business carried on in connection with the department, except pursuant to section 31-204.
3. Is found intoxicated while on duty. A single act of intoxication shall justify discharge or removal.
Sec. 2. Section 31-204, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
31-204. Interest of employee in contracts; gifts to or from prisoner; penalty
A. An officer or employee shall not:
1. Be interested have any monetary interest in any contract or purchase made by anyone for or on behalf of the department, or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for services other than prescribed unless approved by the director.
2. Receive any compensation whatever for any act or service the officer or employee performs for or on behalf of a contractor, or an agent or employee of a contractor.
B. An officer or employee of the department, or a contractor, or an agent or employee of a contractor, without written permission of the warden, deputy warden or prison administrator, shall not make a gift or present to or receive a gift or present from a prisoner, or barter or deal with a prisoner.
C. This section does not prohibit an officer or employee of the department from maintaining secondary employment in:
1. Any correctional facility that is not within the person's primary employment.
2. Any institution of higher learning as an adjunct faculty member.
C. D. Any person violating this section shall be discharged from office or service, and every contractor, or employee or agent of a contractor, shall not be permitted to act or serve again as such contractor, agent or employee.