# RCW 35.82.050: RCW 35.82.050: Conflicts of interest for commissioners, employees, and appointees > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S050 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 35.82.050 - **Heading:** RCW 35.82.050: Conflicts of interest for commissioners, employees, and appointees - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 35 / Chapter 82 / Section 050 ## Text (1) No commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority shall own or hold an interest in any contract or property or engage in any business, transaction, or professional or personal activity, that would: (a) Be, or appear to be, in conflict with the commissioner's, employee's, or appointee's official duties to any decision-making body for the housing authority duties relating to the housing authority served by or subject to the authority of such commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority; (b) Secure, or appear to secure, unwarranted privileges or advantages for such commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority, or others; or (c) Prejudice, or appear to prejudice, such commissioner's, employee's, or appointee's to any decision-making body for the housing authority independence of judgment in exercise of his or her official duties relating to the housing authority served by or subject to the authority of the commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority. (2) No commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority shall act in an official capacity in any manner in which such commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body of the housing authority has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement. (3) No commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority shall use his or her public office or employment to secure financial gain to such commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority. (4) If any commissioner or employee of an authority or any appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority owns or controls an interest direct or indirect in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he or she immediately shall disclose the same in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. Upon such disclosure such commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body for the housing authority shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting such property. (5) No provision of this section shall preclude a tenant of the public housing authority from serving as a commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body of the housing authority. No provision of this section shall preclude a tenant of the public housing authority who is serving as a commissioner, employee, or appointee to any decision-making body of the housing authority from voting on any issue or decision, or participating in any action by the authority, unless a conflict of interest, as set forth in subsections (1) through (4) of this section, exists as to that particular tenant and the particular property or interest at issue before, or subject to action by the housing authority. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 35.82.010 RCW 35.82.010: Finding and declaration of necessity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S010.md) - [RCW 35.82.020 RCW 35.82.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S020.md) - [RCW 35.82.030 RCW 35.82.030: Creation of housing authorities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S030.md) - [RCW 35.82.040 RCW 35.82.040: Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S040.md) - [RCW 35.82.045 RCW 35.82.045: Cities with a population of four hundred thousand or more—Appointment of additional commissioners—Appointment, compensation of commissioners—Organization of authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S045.md) - [RCW 35.82.050 RCW 35.82.050: Conflicts of interest for commissioners, employees, and appointees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S050.md) - [RCW 35.82.060 RCW 35.82.060: Removal of commissioners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S060.md) - [RCW 35.82.070 RCW 35.82.070: Powers of authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S070.md) - [RCW 35.82.076 RCW 35.82.076: Small works roster.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S076.md) - [RCW 35.82.080 RCW 35.82.080: Operation not for profit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S080.md) - [RCW 35.82.090 RCW 35.82.090: Rentals and tenant selection.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S090.md) - [RCW 35.82.100 RCW 35.82.100: Cooperation between authorities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S100.md) - [RCW 35.82.110 RCW 35.82.110: Eminent domain.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S110.md) - [RCW 35.82.120 RCW 35.82.120: Planning, zoning and building laws.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S120.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T35_C82_S050. 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