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97-13 Non-voting members of SIB 01-03 Establishing an outside business relationship with vendor when employee makes decisions about vendor’s products 01-04 WSSDA issuing contracts to officers of the Association
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Advisory Opinion	Subject	Question	RCW and / or WAC	Cross Reference
97-13	• Financial Interest • Board Membership	Whether a nonvoting member of the SIB would violate any provision of RCW 42.52 under given circumstances? See Opinion Top of Page	RCW 42.52.020 RCW 42.52.030 RCW 42.52.040	96-09 96-09A
01-03	• State Employee's Outside Business Relationship With An Agency Vendor	1. Does the Ethics in Public Service Act prohibit a Washington State Lottery (Lottery) District Sales Representative (Sales Representative) from establishing an outside business relationship with a Lottery vendor (Lottery Vendor) when the Sales Representative's duties include making discretionary decisions regarding distribution of the Lottery Vendor's products? Yes / See Opinion 2. If the answer to question (1) is yes, would the Ethics in Public Service Act still prohibit the outside business relationship if the Sales Representative waived receipt of any profits or royalties generated by sales of the Lottery Vendor's products in the State of Washington, but retained intellectual property rights for sales outside the State? Yes / See Opinion Top of Page	RCW 42.52.020 RCW 42.52.030 RCW 42.52.040 RCW 42.52.120	97-10 00-04 00-14
01-04	• State Officer's Outside Business Relationship with an agency that they oversee. • Financial interests in transactions • Assisting in transactions	1. May the Washington State School Director's Association (WSSDA) issue personal service contracts to officers of the Association or members of its board of directors to provide training services to school boards and school board members? Generally No / See Opinion 2. If WSSDA may issue personal services contracts to its officers and members of its board of directors for training services, what provisions should the Association take to handle the execution and administration of those contracts? See Opinion 3. If a consultant with a current contract becomes an officer or member of the board of directors in November, may that person continue to serve under their contract, which they had no role in approving, until the end of the contract's term in summer of the next year? Qualified Yes / See Opinion Top of Page	RCW 42.52.030 RCW 42.52.040 RCW 42.52.120	96-09 98-02 98-08 99-01 99-07 00-02