{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-308","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-8-308","heading":"Failing to disclose a conflict of interest.","body":"(1) A public servant commits failing to disclose a conflict of interest if he exercises any substantial discretionary function in connection with a government contract, purchase, payment, or other pecuniary transaction without having given seventy-two hours' actual advance written notice to the secretary of state and to the governing body of the government which employs the public servant of the existence of a known potential conflicting interest of the public servant in the transaction with reference to which he is about to act in his official capacity.\n\n(2) A \"potential conflicting interest\" exists when the public servant is a director, president, general manager, or similar executive officer or owns or controls directly or indirectly a substantial interest in any nongovernmental entity participating in the transaction.\n\n(3) Failing to disclose a conflict of interest is a class 2 misdemeanor.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations","Part 3 - BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"d4801d02f102e8c3f91db9549e3639aee930a8a7c03b0c28290ead8bfab7f3be","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-307","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-8-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}