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The Board of Ethics has adopted ethics advisories that compile all of the rules related to a specific ethics  topic in one document.  The advisories are intended to help persons affected by the code to understand the rules that apply to them.  The Ethics Advisory on the Post-Employment is given to employees when they leave city employment.  The Ethics Advisory on Use of City Property during Political Campaigns is distributed to candidates for municipal office and for employee pension boards during campaign years. The Ethics Advisory on the Holiday Gift Rule allows officials and employees to accept a gift on behalf of the city from a prohibited source such as a city contractor, vendor, or customer on special occasions when the gift is perishable, impractical to return, and shared with the public or within the office.  

Index by Subject

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Index of Opinions by Subject

Appearances
2005-4.  Board members appearing before their own board
2006-4.  Board members appearing before a related city agency
2007-1.  Board members appearing before their oversight department

Appearance of a conflict or impropriety
2017-1. Appearance of Impropriety

Confidential information
2005-1.  Police auctions
2006-1.  Use of city records

Conflicts of interest
2004-4.  Conflicts of interest and NPU officers
2005-1.  Police auctions
2008-2.  Disclosure of financial and personal interests
2008-8.  Board members representing clients in matters adverse to City
2010-1.  Conflicts of interest related to clients of employee’s company
2010-2.  Disclosure and disqualification due to personal interests
2012-1.  Conflicts of interest related to service on city board
2019-1.  Spouses and Domestic Partners of City Officials and Employees Doing Business with the City

Contract participation
2009-1.  Engaging services of immediate family member’s company
2009-2.  BeltLine Affordable Housing Advisory Board
2010-1.  Conflicts of interest related to clients of employee’s company

Doing business with the City
2005-3.  Employees doing business with the City
2006-3.  Board members doing business with the City
2007-3.  City employees working for national airline

Elections
2005-7.  Use of city property by candidates for city office
2008-4.  Use of city property in city pension board elections
2008-5.  Use of city property in campaign endorsements

Financial disclosure forms
2005-2.  Solicitations for employee awards
2005-6.  Solicitations for city programs benefiting citizens
2006-2.  Travel reimbursements from prohibited sources
2007-2.  Disclosure of travel expenses paid by non-city sources
2008-2.  Disclosure of financial and personal interests
2010-2.  Disclosure and disqualification due to personal interests
2015-1.  Criteria and Process for Filing of Annual Financial Disclosure Statements

Gratuities
2004-5.  Travel exception to ban on gratuities
2004-8.  Holiday gifts
2006-2.  Travel reimbursements from prohibited sources
2008-1.  Prohibited sources

Honorarium
2003-3.  Honorarium

Outside investments
2003-2.  Potential conflicts of interest related to authority president
2004-2.  Outside investments of council policy analyst

Outside employment
2004-2.  Outside employment of council policy analyst
2005-3.  Employees doing business with the City
2007-3.  City employees working for national airline
2008-6.  Financial transactions between supervisors and subordinates
2021-1.  Outside Jobs and Remote Work   

Post-employment
2004-3.  Restrictions for one year after leaving city employment
2005-5.  Restrictions on former deputy city attorney’s work
2009-2.  BeltLine Affordable Housing Advisory Board
2015-2.  Post City Private and Public Employment

Representation
2008-8.  Board members representing clients in matters adverse to City

Solicitations
2004-6.  Solicitations for charity
2005-2.  Solicitations for employee awards
2005-6.  Solicitations for city programs benefiting citizens
2008-1.  Prohibited sources
2008-6.  Financial transactions between supervisors and subordinates
2008-7.  Use of city letterhead in charitable fundraising
2011-1.  No direct solicitations of prohibited sources 

Tickets
2004-7.  Gifts of tickets
2013-1.  Tickets and performance of city contracts

Travel
2004-5.  Travel exception to ban on gratuities
2006-2.  Travel reimbursements from prohibited sources
2007-2.  Disclosure of expenses paid by non-city source
2008-3.  Gifts of travel to City

Use of city property
2003-1.  No waiver of rental fees for personal use of parks property
2004-1.  Defining "official city business"
2005-7.  Use of city property by candidates for city office
2008-4.  Use of city property in city pension board elections
2008-5.  Use of city property in campaign endorsements
2008-7.  Use of city letterhead in charitable fundraising
2020-1.  Use of city funds to purchase gift cards
2021-1.  Outside Jobs and Remote Work    

Index by Code Section

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Index of Opinions by Code Section

Sec. 2-801.  Definitions
Gifts
2004-8.  Holiday gifts
2005-2.  Solicitations for employee awards
2008-3.  Gifts of travel to City  

Travel
2004-5.  Travel exception to ban on gratuities
2006-2.  Travel reimbursements from prohibited sources
2007-2.  Disclosure of expenses paid by non-city source
2008-3.  Gifts of travel to City  

Prohibited sources
2008-1.  Prohibited sources

Sec. 2-802.  Purpose
2017-1. Appearance of impropriety

Sec. 2-808.  Representing private interests before agencies
2005-4.  Board members appearing before their own board
2006-4.  Board members appearing before related city agencies
2007-1.  Board members appearing before oversight department

Sec. 2-809.  Representing private interests before courts
2008-8.  Board members representing clients in matters adverse to City

Sec. 2-810.  Representation after separation from employment
2004-3.  Restrictions for one year after leaving city employment
2005-5.  Restrictions on appearances and work by former deputy city attorney
2009-2.  BeltLine Affordable Housing Advisory Board
2015-2.  Post City Private and Public Employment

Sec. 2-811.  Use of property and services
2003-1.  No waiver of rental fees for personal use of parks property
2004-1.  Defining "official city business"
2005-7.  Use of city property by candidates for city office
2008-4.  Use of city property in city pension board elections
2008-5.  Use of city property in campaign endorsements
2008-6.  Financial transactions between supervisors and subordinates
2008-7.  Use of city letterhead in charitable fundraising
2020-1.  Use of city funds to purchase gift cards 
2021-1.  Outside Jobs and Remote Work   

Sec. 2-812.  Participation in contracts
2003-2.  Potential conflicts of interest related to authority president
2005-1.  Police auctions
2009-1.  Engaging services of immediate family member’s company
2009-2.  BeltLine Affordable Housing Advisory Board
2010-1.  Conflicts of interest related to clients of employee’s company
2019-1.  Spouses and Domestic Partners of City Officials and Employees Doing Business with the City

Sec. 2-813.  Disclosure of interests
2004-4.  Conflicts of interest and NPU officers
2008-2.  Disclosing financial and personal interests
2008-8.  Board members representing clients in matters adverse to the City
2010-1.  Conflicts of interest related to clients of employee’s company
2010-2.  Disclosure and disqualification due to personal interests
2012-1.  Conflicts of interest related to service on city board
2017-1.  Appearance of impropriety
2019-1.  Spouses and Domestic Partners of City Officials and Employees Doing Business with the City

Sec. 2-814.  Disclosure of income and financial interests
2015-1.  Criteria and Process for Filing of Annual Financial Disclosure Statements

Sec. 2-815.  Disclosure of travel reimbursements
2004-5.  Travel exception
2006-2.  Travel reimbursements from prohibited sources
2007-2.  Disclosure of expenses paid by non-city sources

Sec. 2-816.  Passes, tickets and gratuities
2004-7.  Gifts of tickets
2013-1.  Tickets and performance of city contracts

Sec. 2-817.  Prohibition on giving or receiving gratuities
2003-3.  Honorarium
2004-8.  Holiday gifts
2008-1.  Prohibited sources

Sec. 2-818.  Solicitations
2004-6.  Solicitations for charity
2005-2.  Solicitations for employee awards
2005-6.  Solicitations for city programs benefiting citizens
2008-6.  Financial transactions between supervisors and subordinates
2008-7.  Use of city letterhead in charitable fundraising 
2011-1.  No direct solicitations of prohibited sources 

Sec. 2-819.  Disclosure of confidential information
2005-1.  Police auctions
2006-1.  Use of city records

Sec. 2-820.  Incompatible interests
(a)  2003-2.  Potential conflicts of interest related to authority president
       2004-2.  Outside investments of council policy analyst
(b)  2004-2.  Outside employment of council policy analyst 
       2007-3.  City employees working for national airline
       2021-1.  Outside Jobs and Remote Work   
(c)  2005-3.  Employees doing business with the City
       2006-3.  Board members doing business with the City
       2019-1.  Spouses and Domestic Partners of City Officials and Employees Doing Business with the City
(e)  2003-3.  Honorarium

Proposed Opinions

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Opinion Requests Pending Before the Ethics Division

The Ethics Division has no pending requests for formal advisory opinions at this time.  If you are a person subject to the Atlanta Code of Ethics and would like to seek an opinion, please send the relevant facts and your question by letter or email addressed to:

City of Atlanta, Ethics Division
68 Mitchell Street, NE, Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30303
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