§ 10. Conflict of interests.

(a)

No Commissioner, nor any other officer, employee, agent or consultant shall have any interest in any person or company engaged in business of providing public transportation in the district or within the metropolitan area in which the district is located, or in the manufacture or sale of passenger transportation equipment or facilities.

(b)

No Commissioner nor any agent, officer, employee or consultant thereof, shall contract with the district or be interested in, either directly or indirectly, any contract with the district or in the sale of any property, either real or personal, to the district.

(c)

Any violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.

(d)

All Commissioners are public officials as defined under the Maryland Public Ethics Law and are subject to the restrictions and requirements set forth in Title 15 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended and supplemented.

(Laws 1965, Ch. 870, Sec. 1; Laws 1963, Sec. 83A-10; Ch. 433, Laws of Md., 2012)