[CAUT] lighter touchweight I recently had to do a little homework to prove to the financial officer here at the OSU School of Music that it is legal for a piano dealer to pay for my attendance of a seminar. I am curious to know if other states have law codes similar to Ohio regarding public employees. Since I don't have a lot of time to spend writing letters I'll just copy the relevant portion of the letter that I sent. ************************************************************************** ***************************************** ... so I did a little homework to make sure it would jive with Ohio ethics law - and it does. -snip- Section 102.03 I - addresses this type of thing directly: http://ethics.ohio.gov/ethicslawrevisedcode.html (I) A public official or employee may accept travel, meals, and lodging or expenses or reimbursement of expenses for travel, meals, and lodging in connection with conferences, seminars, and similar events related to official duties if the travel, meals, and lodging, expenses, or reimbursement is not of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. The house of representatives and senate, in their code of ethics, and the Ohio ethics commission, under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may adopt rules setting standards and conditions for the furnishing and acceptance of such travel, meals, and lodging, expenses, or reimbursement. A person who acts in compliance with this division and any applicable rules adopted under it, or any applicable, similar rules adopted by the supreme court governing judicial officers and employees, does not violate division (D), (E), or (F) of this section. This division does not preclude any person from seeking an advisory opinion from the appropriate ethics commission under section 102.08 of the Revised Code. -snip- Not only is it legal but I think it is in xxxxxxxxx's legitimate self interest to see that the piano technician is properly educated and equipped to care for the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in pianos that he has loaned to the school of music... ************************************************************************** ***************************************** Have any other CAUTs had to look into these laws? And are the laws similar in every state? Mitch Staples - Ohio State University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20071022/a348c754/attachment.html
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