25.01.050 Conflict of Interest

(a) No Commission member or TGRA employee of the shall solicit, accept or receive any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any person, officer, agent, or employee of a gaming entity, supplier or contractor, or any applicant for work permit or license subject to the provisions of this title.

(b) No such Commission member or TGRA employee shall solicit, request from, or recommend, directly or indirectly, to any gaming entity, supplier, contractor or applicant subject to this title, or to any officer, agent, or employee thereof, the appointment of any person to any place or position of employment.

(c) Every such person subject to regulation, under this title, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof, is hereby forbidden to offer to any member of the Commission, or to any person appointed or employee by the Commission any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment.

(d) No member of the Commission or TGRA employees, if any, may work for any Tribal gaming entity, contractor, or supplier during such appointment or employment or for a period of one year after termination of their appointment to or employment with the Commission.

(e) No Commission official or member of their immediate household shall receive any payment for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining a gaming management contract, or any license or work permit.

(f) No Commission official or member of their immediate household and no member of the Tribal Council shall be an owner, partner, beneficiary, shareholder, director, officer, or employee of the entity holding the management contract for any Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa gaming operation.

(g) No tribal member or non-member may be appointed as a Commissioner or hired as an employee of the Commission or TGRA while holding any position of employment or accepting a position of employment with any gaming enterprise or gaming supplier or contractor; nor may any member or non-member be appointed as a Commissioner or hired as an employee of the Commission while any member of their immediate household is holding any position of employment with any gaming supplier or contractor.

(h) For the purposes of this section "immediate household" is defined as son(s), daughter(s), step-son(s), or step-daughter(s), spouse, or spouse recognized by common law, members living in the same household, and any individual who has a pecuniary interest in common with a Commission member or TGRA employee.

(i) The TGRA shall perform the day to day duties for the Commission and the Commission shall meet at least monthly to perform its responsibilities.