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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-14 Conflicts of interest.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-14" heading="Conflicts of interest.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Interest in property.">
      <para num="(1)">No officer or employee of any agency of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore which is vested with any power or authority to be exercised under the provisions of this ordinance &lt;em&gt;{subtitle}&lt;/em&gt; shall acquire any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any land or property which may be acquired under any of the provisions of this ordinance &lt;em&gt;{subtitle}&lt;/em&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If any such officer or employee owns or controls a financial interest in such land or property or involuntarily acquires the same, he immediately shall disclose such interest in writing to the Department of Housing and Community Development, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the records of the Department.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Interest in developer, etc.">No such officer or employee shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any legal entity, other than the United States of America, the State of Maryland, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or any agency thereof, or a non-profit corporation as defined by the Internal Revenue Code from time to time, which shall contract to develop, redevelop, renovate, or rehabilitate any land or property acquired pursuant to this ordinance &lt;em&gt;{subtitle}&lt;/em&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Ethics Code prevails.">If any provision of this section conflicts with any provision of City Code &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;Article 8 {”Ethics”}&lt;/cite&gt;, the more stringent provision prevails.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 13, §33</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 68-152</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-807</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
