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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-1409" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="14">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An authority shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt a code of ethics for the authority’s directors, officers, and employees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish policies and procedures requiring:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the disclosure of relationships that may create a conflict of interest; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any member of the board with a direct or indirect interest in a matter before the authority to disclose the member’s interest to the board before the board takes any action on the matter; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>comply with the Open Meetings Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or the ordinance establishing an authority, the procedures of the incorporating local government control any matter relating to the internal administration of an authority.</text>
  </level>
</section>
