Section 12-G:5 Statements of Financial Interests; Content; Form.


   I. Every member of the board shall file by July 1 of each year a verified written statement of financial interests in accordance with the provisions of this section, unless the member has already filed a statement in that calendar year.
   II. A member of the board shall not be allowed to enter into or continue his or her duties, unless the member has filed a statement of financial interests with the secretary of state.
   III. Statements of financial interests shall contain the following information:
      (a) The name, address, and type of any professional, business, or other organization in which the reporting individual was an officer, director, associate, partner, proprietor, or employee, or served in any other professional or advisory capacity, and from which any income in excess of $10,000 was derived during the preceding calendar year.
      (b) The description of any debt and the name of the creditor for all debts in excess of $5,000 owed by the reporting individual, as well as the description of any debt and the name of the debtor for all debts in excess of $5,000 owed to the reporting individual, but only if the creditor or debtor, respectively, or any guarantor of the debt, has done work for or business with the state in the preceding calendar year. Loans issued by financial institutions whose normal business includes the making of loans of the kind received by the reporting individual, and which are made at the prevailing rate of interest and in accordance with other terms and conditions standard for such loans at the time the debt was contracted need not be disclosed. Debt issued by publicly-held corporations and purchased by the reporting individual on the open market at the price available to the public need not be disclosed.
   IV. The statement of financial interests shall be completed by typewriting or hand printing, and shall be verified, dated, and signed by the reporting individual personally. It shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

Source. 2001, 290:6, eff. July 1, 2001.