Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0400 - Environment and Conservation
Subtitle 0400-45 - Division of Water Resources
Chapter 0400-45-10 - Rules of the Board of Ground Water Management
Section 0400-45-10-.03 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Current through September 24, 2024

(1) The board shall create a conflict of interest policy governing conflicts of interests that requires board members to avoid conflicts of interest, identifies specific actions that are prohibited to be taken by a board member and, if a matter is considered by the board in which a member of the board has a conflict of interest, mandates disclosure that a conflict exists and recusal from the matter by the board member.

(2) Each board member during the first meeting of the board each calendar year, or the member's first attendance of a board meeting of the calendar year, shall:

(a) Make a written disclosure of financial interests or other interests that the board member reasonably anticipates have potential to become a conflict of interest;

(b) Acknowledge in writing that the board member has read and understands all aspects of the board's conflict of interest policy; and

(c) State as a condition of serving as a board member that he or she is not in conflict with the conditions of the board's conflict of interest policy.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 69-10-107(d) and (e) and 4-5-201 et seq.

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