R 432.713a Member, employee, or agent of board; conduct generally.

Rule 713a. (1) By January 31 of each year, each member, the executive director, and all employees of the board shall file 1 or more board disclosure forms. The board shall determine the contents of the form, but it must include such information as necessary to ensure the integrity of internet sports betting and disclosure of all relevant financial information. The form may be combined with similar forms required by other acts or rules. (2) If a member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent of the board negotiates for, or acquires by any means, any interest in a licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with a licensee or applicant, he or she must immediately provide written notice of the details of the interest to the chairperson. The member, executive director, employee, or agent of the board must not act on behalf of the board with respect to that licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with the licensee or applicant. (3) A member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent of the board may enter into any negotiations for employment with a licensee, applicant, or affiliate of a licensee or applicant. The member, executive director, employee, agent, licensee, applicant, or affiliate must immediately notify the chairman and the executive director once the invitation to negotiate has been extended. A potential employer asking if an individual would be interested in a position or explaining the nature of a position does not constitute negotiations for employment. Further, an individual completing an employment application does not constitute negotiations for employment. The member, executive director, employee, or agent of the board must not take any action on behalf of the board with respect to that licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with a licensee or applicant while the negotiations are ongoing. All members, the executive director, board employees, agents, and contractors must, to the maximum extent possible, avoid situations, relationships, or associations that may represent or lead to an actual or perceived conflict of interest. (4) A member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent or their spouse, may not accept any gift, gratuity, compensation, travel, lodging, or anything of value, directly or indirectly, from any licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or representative of an applicant or licensee, unless the acceptance conforms to a written policy issued by the chairperson. The chairman may exempt attendance at a reception, and food and drink for immediate consumption from this policy. The policy must be publicly available and shared with all licensees. (5) A licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or representative of an applicant or licensee, shall not, directly or indirectly, give or offer to give any gift, gratuity, compensation, travel, lodging, or things of value to any member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent of the board that the member, employee, or agent of the board is prohibited from accepting under subrule (4) of this rule. (6) A licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or representative of an applicant or licensee must not engage in ex parte communications with a member of the board. A member of the board must not engage in any ex parte communications with a licensee, applicant, or affiliate or representative of an applicant or licensee. (7) Any member, licensee, applicant, or affiliate or representative of a board member, licensee, or applicant who receives any ex parte communication in violation of subrule (6) of this rule, or who is aware of an attempted communication in violation of subrule (6) of this rule, must immediately report details of the communication or attempted communication in writing to the chairperson. (8) A member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent of the board must not have an internet sports betting account or participate in or wager on any sports betting conducted in this state except as part of the individual’s surveillance, security, or other official duty authorized by the board. (9) Violation of this rule by a licensee, applicant, or affiliate or a representative of a licensee, applicant, or affiliate, may result in denial of an application for licensure, revocation or suspension of a license, or other action by the board. (10) Violation of this rule does not create a civil cause of action.