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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Personnel, Chapter 197, CODE OF CONDUCT, by making various language changes to Sections 197.02 Definitions, 197.04 Use of Authority and Public Property, and 197.07 Offering or Accepting Gifts or Favors.
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Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. That the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article XI, Personnel, Chapter 197, Code of Conduct, is hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 197: CODE OF CONDUCT
§ 197.01 Adoption
§ 197.02 Definitions
§ 197.03 Conflict of interest
§ 197.04 Use of authority and public property
§ 197.05 Employment or appointment of relatives
§ 197.06 Post-employment restrictions
§ 197.07 Offering or accepting gifts and favors
§ 197.08 Financial disclosure
§ 197.09 Ethics Hearing Board
§ 197.10 Jurisdiction
§ 197.11 Powers and duties of the Board
§ 197.12 Investigations
§ 197.13 Advisory opinions
§ 197.14 Education
§ 197.15 Wrongful acts
§ 197.16 Penalties
§ 197.02 DEFINITIONS.
(d) DIRECT FAMILY. A parent, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild. A parent, step-parent, child, step-child, sibling, step-sibling, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, aunt, uncle or first cousin.
§ 197.04 USE OF AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
(a) No public official or public employee shall appear for compensation on behalf of any private person other than himself or herself or his or her direct immediate family, grandparent or grandchild before any quasi-judicial tribunal.
§ 197.07 OFFERING OR ACCEPTING GIFTS AND FAVORS.
A public official, City employee or agent of the City shall not solicit or accept from an interested party, nor shall any interested party offer or give anything of value to a public official, City employee or agent of the city, subject to the following exceptions:
(a) Gifts from direct immediate family members, grandparents or grandchildren;