944.717 Conflicts of interest.—(1) An employee of the department or any governmental entity that exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of a private correctional facility contract or the operation of a private correctional facility, or a member of the immediate family of any such person, may not solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any personal benefit or promise of a benefit from a bidder or private vendor.
(2) A private vendor may not have any interest at the time of entering into a contract with the department, or acquire any interest at a later time, that would directly or indirectly conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the contract. A private vendor may not, in the performance of the contract, employ any person who has any known interests which conflict with the performance of the contract.
History.—s. 20, ch. 89-526.