Ethics: Massachusetts' Conflict of Interest Definition

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Massachusetts' Policy Statutory Reference

PART IV  CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I  CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 268A  Conduct of Public Officials and Employees
§ 6A.  Notifying State Ethics Commission of Conflict of Interest.

Any public official, as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B, who in the discharge of his official duties would be required knowingly to take an action which would substantially affect such official's financial interests, unless the effect on such an official is no greater than the effect on the general public, shall file a written description of the required action and the potential conflict of interest with the state ethics commission.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 6A (2008).

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