Georgia § 36-67A-2 - Disclosure of financial interests.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 36-67A-2 — Disclosure of financial interests., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-67A-2. Disclosure of financial interests.
A local government official who knew or reasonably should have known he or she: Has a property interest in any real property affected by a rezoning action which that official's local government will have the duty to consider; Has a financial interest in any business entity which has a property interest in any real property affected by a rezoning action which that official's local government will have the duty to consider; or Has a member of the family having any interest described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Code section shall immediately disclose the nature and extent of such interest, in writing, to the governing authority of the local government in which the local government official is a member. The local government official who has an interest as defined in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Code section shall disqualify himself from voting on the rezoning action. The disqualified local government official shall not take any other action on behalf of himself or any other person to influence action on the application for rezoning. The disclosures provided for in this Code section shall be a public record and available for public inspection at any time during normal working hours. (Code 1981, § 36-67A-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1269, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1365, § 1.)
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