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fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, applicant, or affiliate must
immediately notify the chairperson and the executive director once the invitation to
negotiate has been extended. A potential employer asking if an individual would be
interested in a position or explaining the nature of a position does not constitute
negotiations for employment. Further, an individual completing an employment
application does not constitute negotiations for employment. The member, executive
director, board employee, or agent must not take any action on behalf of the board with
respect to that fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, applicant, or
affiliate while the negotiations are ongoing.
(4) All members, the executive director, board employees, agents, and contractors must,
to the maximum extent possible, avoid situations, relationships, or associations that may
represent or lead to an actual or perceived conflict of interest.
(5) A member, the executive director, a board employee, or an agent or their spouse may
not accept any gift, gratuity, compensation, travel, lodging, or anything of value, directly
or indirectly, from any fantasy contest operator, licensed management company,
applicant, affiliate, or representative, unless the acceptance conforms to a written policy
issued by the chairperson or his or her designee. The chairperson or his or her designee
may exempt attendance at a reception and food and drink for immediate consumption
from this policy. The policy must be publicly available and shared with all fantasy
contest operators, licensed management companies, applicants, and affiliates.
(6) A fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, applicant, affiliate, or
representative shall not, directly or indirectly, give or offer to give any gift, gratuity,
compensation, travel, lodging, or things of value to any member, the executive director, a
board employee, or an agent or their spouse that the member, executive director, board
employee, or agent or their spouse is prohibited from accepting under subrule (5) of this
rule.
(7) A fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, applicant, affiliate, or
representative must not engage in ex parte communications with a member of the board.
A member of the board must not engage in any ex parte communications with a fantasy
contest operator, licensed management company, applicant, affiliate, or representative.
(8) Any member, fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, applicant,
affiliate, or representative who receives any ex parte communication in violation of
subrule (7) of this rule, or who is aware of an attempted communication in violation of
subrule (7) of this rule, must immediately report details of the communication or
attempted communication in writing to the chairperson.
(9)A member, the executive director, a board employee, or an agent must not have a
fantasy contest player account or enter or participate in any fantasy contest conducted
under the act unless either or both of the following apply:
(a) The member, executive director, board employee, or agent possesses a fantasy
contest player account or enters or participates in a fantasy contest as part of the
individual’s surveillance, security, or other official duty authorized by the board.
(b) The member, executive director, board employee, or agent possesses a test account
or enters or participates in a fantasy contest using a test account in accordance with R
432.532b(12).