A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no state board or commission shall employ any former member of the board or commission.

B. 1. A state board or commission may employ a former member of the board or commission if at least one (1) year has passed since the term of office of the former member has expired or since the date the former member resigned from the board or commission.

2. An institution of higher education may employ a former member of the board of regents which has oversight over the institution if at least six (6) months have passed since the term of office of the former member has expired or since the date the former member resigned from the board of regents.

C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a state board or commission may employ:

1. A state employee who is an ex officio member of that board or commission and who is required by law to be a member of that board or commission; or

2. A former statewide elected official who was an ex officio member of that board or commission if the former statewide elected official completed the term in office. This subsection shall not apply to a statewide elected official who is an ex officio member of a board or commission.

D. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment, and upon conviction shall be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in state service and, if at the time of conviction is an employee of the state, the employee shall forfeit the position.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 343, § 14, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 420, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 353, § 6, emerg. eff. June 3, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 461, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 28, 2008.

NOTE: Laws 2001, c. 266, § 3 repealed by Laws 2002, c. 22, § 34, emerg. eff. March 8, 2002.