[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR1.33]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.33  Conflicts of interest.

    No official or employee of a State or any other governmental 
instrumentality who is authorized in his official capacity to negotiate, 
make, accept or approve, or to take part in negotiating, making, 
accepting or approving any contract or subcontract in connection with a 
project shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial or other 
personal interest in any such contract or subcontract. No engineer, 
attorney, appraiser, inspector or other person performing services for a 
State or a governmental instrumentality in connection with a project 
shall have, directly or indirectly, a financial or other personal 
interest, other than his employment or retention by a State or other 
governmental instrumentality, in any contract or subcontract in 
connection with such project. No officer or employee of such person 
retained by a State or other governmental instrumentality shall have, 
directly or indirectly, any financial or other personal interest in any 
real property acquired

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for a project unless such interest is openly disclosed upon the public 
records of the State highway department and of such other governmental 
instrumentality, and such officer, employee or person has not 
participated in such acquisition for and in behalf of the State. It 
shall be the responsibility of the State to enforce the requirements of 
this section.