KRS 61.097: Involvement of local government officers, employees, and their spouses in

contracts for solid waste management facilities -- Effect on contract --

Penalties.

(1) No elected or nonelected local government officer or employee or a spouse of such

an offic er or employee shall, directly or indirectly, receive any benefits or

emoluments from, furnish any material or other thing of value to be used in, or be

interested in, any contract let by waste management districts, counties, cities, or any

combination thereof, for a solid waste management facility.

(2) Any contract made and procured in violation of subsection (1) of this section is

void. Any elected or nonelected local government officer or employee who violates

any provisions of subsection (1) of this sec tion shall be guilty of a Class B

misdemeanor, and shall be adjudged to have forfeited any public office or

employment which he may hold. An elected or nonelected local government officer

or employee's spouse who violates any provisions of subsection (1) o f this section

shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.