A conflict of interest code lists the position titles of those employees or officials (designated position) in an organization who are required to provide personal financial information, assigns disclosure categories to these positions, and indicates the types of economic interest which must be reported, such as investments, interests in real estate, or sources of income or gifts.
On September 20, 2024, the Department of Conservation proposed Conflict of Interest code amendments. The code has since been updated in response to comments and has been posted on DOC’s public website for a further 15 day comment period to meet the public notice requirements.
The following changes were made to the original proposal:
- The classification for “Senior Engineering Geologist” was removed, all Engineering Geologists are merged into “Engineering Geologist (all levels)”
- Associate Oil and Gas Engineer classifications in the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) will not be required to disclose under Category 7, as proposed. This classification will retain the current reporting of Category 4.
Please provide any comments to the contacts below by December 24, 2024.
Glen Baird, Manager of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, (916) 531-7201, glen.baird@conservation.ca.gov or Ted Lindstrom, Attorney, (916) 893-7120, ted.lindstrom@conservation.ca.gov.
Direct links to the Updated Documents are as follows:
Updated Proposed Amendments.pdf
Updated Explanatory Document.pdf
