Contract With Current Or Former State Employee

(1) A State Agency shall not contract with or consider a proposal from an individual who is, or within the past six months has been, a State employee. (a) For the purposes of applying this Rule, 1. An individual shall be deemed a State employee until such time as all compensation for salary, termination pay, and annual leave has been paid; 2. A contract with or a proposal from a company, corporation, or any other contracting entity in which a controlling interest is held by any State employee shall be considered to be a contract with or proposal from the employee; and 3. A contract with or a proposal from a company, corporation, or any other contracting entity that employs an individual who is, or within the past six months has been, a State employee shall not be considered a contract with or a proposal COMPREHENSIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CHAPTER 0690-03-01 CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE from the employee and shall not constitute a conflict of interest prohibited by these Rules. (2) A State employee may be compensated for performing services for a State agency other than the State agency employing the individual (e.g., a State accountant might be paid for teaching an evening accounting course at a community college). Such agreements are subject to the Rules of the Department of Finance and Administration, Chapter 0620-03-02, et seq., and not the Rules of this chapter.