Officers and employees of the Town of Hempstead hold their positions
to serve and benefit the public, and not to obtain unwarranted personal
or private gain in the exercise and performance of their official
powers and duties. The Town of Hempstead recognizes that, in furtherance
of this fundamental principle, there is a need for clear and reasonable
standards of ethical conduct. This chapter establishes those standards.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
INTEREST
A direct or indirect financial or material benefit, but does
not include any benefit arising from the provision or receipt of any
services generally available to the residents or taxpayers of the
Town or an area of the Town, or a lawful class of such residents or
taxpayers. A Town officer or employee is deemed to have an interest
in any private organization when he or she, his or her spouse, registered
domestic partner or dependent, is an owner, partner, member, director,
officer, employee, or directly or indirectly owns or controls more
than 5% of the organization's equity or debt, whether in the
form of outstanding stock or otherwise.
RELATIVE
A person's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent,
grandparent, grandchild, sibling or stepsibling, niece, nephew, aunt,
uncle or first cousin.
[Amended 7-2-2019 by L.L.
No. 52-2019, effective 7-18-2019]