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Ass tart to the Direetcr
Contract Compliance Division
PA Human Relations Commissicn
Dear M:. Yancey:
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
308 FINANCE BUILDING
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17120
June :1,1, 1980
ADVICE OF 'IdIE COMMISSION
Advice #80-675
On May 1, 1980, you askeC whether persons in the Pennsylvania
Humai', Relations Commission who provide technical assistance to
applicant7 for loans from the Bureau of Minority Busiress Ylevelcpt
L tha Dpartment of Commerce wciad 'lave a. conflict of intere5t
Zct .70.
By telphon... on June 11, 1980 you t(7 me this was part of the
official dutieF of the employees, it was E.cceptable and encouraged
by th- Department of Commerce, and there was no pc financial
gain t:,)1: anyone involved.
Support of one agency of the C.:: - iraonw,;alth for an is a
C'JAMOY1 j..rerest not a conflict of interest and the co:tiance of
this technical assistance would not be a conflict inr Act 170.
2nruant to Section 7(9)(i, this advice is a :1
defenr;c2 in any enforcement proce&Inu init:Lated by the Conmission,
emd evieteDoe•of good faith concMct in any other civil or criminal
proceedillg, providing the rec,illesor has dicr:loseca truthfully all
the material facts a commit th7t acts complained cr in reliance'
on the adwIce given,
:,711 may appa advir::e to he :Jun Commission.
This
:;ter L i1i 1orn ,id will be made available
as such,
PJS/rdp
PAUL ' SMITH
/
Chairman