A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that certain relationships require recusal in the conflict of interest analysis under the state government ethics act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 138A‑31 is amended to add a new subsection to read:
"(d)	A covered person shall recuse themselves from any legislative, executive, or official action if that action may result in a reasonably foreseeable financial benefit to a registered lobbyist or liaison personnel, or that lobbyist's lobbyist principal or that liaison personnel's State agency or governmental body, if the covered person is married to the lobbyist or liaison personnel, or the covered person has a current dating relationship or current sexual relationship with the lobbyist or liaison personnel. A dating relationship is one wherein the parties are romantically involved over time and on a continuous basis during the course of the relationship; a casual acquaintance or ordinary fraternization between individuals in a business or social context is not a dating relationship."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015, and applies to legislative, executive, and official actions taken on or after that date.