Washington § 86.09.286 - Board of directors — Personal interest in contracts prohibited — Penalty — Officer may be employed.

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§ 86.09.286. Board of directors — Personal interest in contracts prohibited — Penalty — Officer may be employed.

No director or any other officer named in this chapter shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; and for any violation of this provision, such officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of his office, and he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent any district officer from being employed by the district as foreman or as a day laborer: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall have no application to any person who is a state employee as defined in RCW 42.52.010.
[ 1994 c 154 s 316; 1969 ex.s. c 234 s 35; 1937 c 72 s 96; RRS s 9663E-96. Formerly RCW 86.08.215.]

Notes

Effective date—1994 c 154: See RCW 42.52.904.
Ethics in public service act: Chapter 42.52 RCW.

Source: official Washington text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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