Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 130660
Code of Conduct for the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
(a) Board members or their staff are prohibited from soliciting or accepting any gift from MTA contractors or from persons or entities that have submitted a proposal or bid for an MTA contract.
(a) Board members or their staff are prohibited from soliciting or accepting any gift from a person or entity, including the person’s or entity’s lobbyists, that has submitted a proposal or bid for an MTA contract award during the period beginning on the date that the proposal or bid is submitted and ending 12 months after the final decision on the contract award.
(b) Board members or their staff shall not accept gifts aggregating two hundred eighty-nine dollars ($289) or more, as specified in Section 89502 or 89503 of the Government Code, from a single source in any calendar year.
(c) Board members shall disqualify themselves from participating in a decision that may have a financial effect upon a source of income aggregating two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more or a donor of gifts aggregating two hundred eighty-nine dollars ($289) or more, if those gifts were received within 12 months preceding the time of the decision.
(b) Board members and their staff shall exercise caution in accepting any gift from a person or entity that is considering submitting a proposal or bid for an MTA contract award.
(c) Board members shall not accept gifts aggregating more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month from a current MTA contractor, registered lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer.
(e) Board members shall report on their annual Statement of Economic Interest gifts aggregating fifty dollars ($50) or more and income of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more received from a single source in a calendar year.
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