Town of Islip, NY
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2024-01-23
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The Code
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Chapter 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
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Article III Definitions and Word Usage
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication
- Ch 1B Alternate Members
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 3 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 3A Aviation and Transportation Department
- Ch 3B (Reserved)
- Ch 3C Off-Airport Rental Car Businesses
- Ch 3D (Reserved)
- Ch 3E (Reserved)
- Ch 3F (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Bicycles
- Ch 4A Skateboards
- Ch 5 Bingo
- Ch 6 American Flag, Desecration of
- Ch 6A Property Maintenance
- Ch 7 Pesticides
- Ch 8 Cannabis
- Ch 9 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 9A Cable Television Regulations
- Ch 10 Capital Budgeting System
- Ch 10A Environmental Control Department
- Ch 10B Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 11 Conservation of Energy
- Ch 12 Animals
- Ch 13 Nature Preserve Trust
- Ch 13A Environmental Council
- Ch 13B Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
- Ch 14 Art III Definitions and Word Usage
- § 14-3 Definitions.
- § 14-4 Word usage.
- Ch 15 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 16 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 17 Fair Employment Practices
- Ch 17A Residency of Town Employees
- Ch 17B Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 17C Nonunion Fringe Benefits
- Ch 18 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 19 Fire Prevention
- Ch 21 Solid Waste
- Ch 21A (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Games of Chance
- Ch 23 Government: Continuity
- Ch 23A Graffiti
- Ch 24 Defense of Officers, Employees and Appointed Officers
- Ch 25 Hospital Zones
- Ch 25A Housebarges
- Ch 26 Housing: Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 27 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 28 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 28A Ice Cream Trucks
- Ch 29 Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities
- Ch 30 Ladders on Bulkheads
- Ch 31 Licenses and Permits: Issuance
- Ch 32 Littering
- Ch 33 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 34 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 35 Noise
- Ch 35A Nudity on Public Beaches
- Ch 36 Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals
- Ch 36A Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
- Ch 37 Parks, Swimming Pools, Marinas, Boats and Waterways
- Ch 38 Tobacco and Cannabis
- Ch 39 Peddlers
- Ch 39A Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 40 Plumbers: Licensing
- Ch 40A Public Nuisances
- Ch 40B Public Safety Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 41 Public Works Department
- Ch 42 Racetracks
- Ch 42A Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 43 Sales of Personal Property
- Ch 43A Sewers
- Ch 44 Shellfish
- Ch 45 Shopping Carts: Unlawful Taking, Misuse and Abandonment
- Ch 46 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 47 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 47A Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 47B Subdivision Improvements
- Ch 47C Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 48 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens
- Ch 48A Taxation: Business Exemption
- Ch 48B Taxation: Homestead Base Proportion
- Ch 48C Taxation: Handicapped Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48D Taxation: Partial Exemption for Veterans
- Ch 48E Taxation: Business Investment Exemption
- Ch 48F Taxation: Home Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48G Taxation: Exemption for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 48H Taxation: Exemption for Volunteer Fire Fighter and Ambulance Workers
- Ch 48I Taxation: Exemption for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 48J Taxation: Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief
- Ch 49 Taxicabs
- Ch 49A Terms of Office
- Ch 50 Town Attorney, Department of
- Ch 50A Town Board, Office of
- Ch 50B Town Clerk, Department of
- Ch 51 Towing Businesses
- Ch 52 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 52A (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Empire Zone
- Ch 54 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 55 Trapping
- Ch 56 Trawling and Eel Dredging
- Ch 57 Trees
- Ch 58 Trespassing
- Ch 59 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 60 Abandoned and Impounded Property
- Ch 60A Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 61 Vehicular Uses: Fire Island
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Water Districts: Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Water Quality
- Ch 67 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 68 Zoning
- Ch 69 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Appendix
- Ch A78 Zoning Appendix
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC1 General Provisions
- Ch TC2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC7 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch TC8 Metered Parking
- Part II: The Schedules
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B (Reserved)
- Sch C Prohibited Turns
- Sch D U-Turns
- Sch E One-Way Streets
- Sch F Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch G Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch H Speed Limits on Certain Streets
- Sch I School Speed Limits
- Sch J Parking, Stopping and Standing Restrictions
- Sch K Parking for Shopping Centers, Apartment Complexes, Hospitals, Fire Districts and Industrial Parks
- Sch L Town Parking Lots
- Sch M Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TCDL Traffic Code Disposition List
As used in this local law, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any Town authority, agency, board, bureau, commission, committee
or council created by law or appointed by the Town Board or Town Supervisor,
including but not limited to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning
Board, Plumbing Board, Ethics Board, Youth Board, Board of Assessment
and Review, Industrial Development Agency (IDA), Community Development
Agency (CDA), Resource Recovery Agency and Town of Islip Housing Authority.
Having or providing any contract, service or
work with a municipality;
Buying, selling, renting, leasing or otherwise
acquiring from or dispensing to a municipality any goods, services
or property; or
Applying for, petitioning, requesting or obtaining
any approval, grant, loan, license, permit or other privilege from
the municipality.
Any money, thing of value, financial benefit conferred or
favor granted, given or awarded for services rendered or to be rendered.
Information or data which is not subject to public disclosure
or is otherwise privileged under law.
Any action involving the exercise of judgment or discretion
by a municipal officer or employee, either individually or as a member
of any agency, and includes but is not limited to the negotiation,
approval, advice, recommendation, authorization or audit of:
Contracts, leases, franchises, revocable consents,
concessions, variances, special permits or licenses as defined in
§ 73 of the Public Officers Law;
The purchase, sale, rental or lease of real
property, goods or services or a contract therefor;
The obtaining of grants of money or loans; or
The adoption or repeal of any rule or regulation
having the force and effect of law.
Any person directly employed on a full- or part-time basis
by the Town or any agency thereof as herein defined and compensated
therefor, except it shall not include part-time services rendered
by independent contractors under special agreements of retention.
A spouse from whom the officer or employee is not legally
separated, a child, stepchild, brother, sister, grandparent, parent
or dependent.
A direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit accruing
to a municipal officer or employee as the result of a contract with
the municipality which such officer or employee serves. For the purpose
of this local law, a municipal officer or employee shall be deemed
to have an interest in the contract of:
His spouse, minor children and dependents, except
a contract of employment with the municipality which such officer
or employee serves.
A firm, partnership or association of which
such officer or employee is a member or employee.
A corporation of which such officer or employee
is an officer, director or employee.
A corporation, any stock of which is owned or
controlled directly or indirectly by such officer or employee.
Action performed in a prescribed manner without the exercise
of judgment or discretion as to the propriety of the act.
Every elected official of the Town, every appointed official
of the Town as defined in the Town Law, General Municipal Law, Public
Officers Law or any other law referring to officers acting on behalf
of the Town, or any agency thereof as herein defined, and shall also
include those persons employed by the Town or agency thereof as herein
defined on a full-time basis:
Four members present at any meeting of the Board of Ethics.
[Added 4-24-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
The masculine gender, as used herein, shall
include the feminine, where appropriate.
