What if I or a family member has an interest-bearing savings account at the district’s depository bank?
Under a conservative reading of the statute, an LGO must disclose that he or a family member receives taxable income from the district’s bank, even if the LGO or family member receives only $.01 of interest income each year. The statute refers to “taxable income” and does not contain a threshold dollar amount. Recently, state representatives Beverly Woolley and John Smithee submitted a request to the attorney general for clarification of several issues, including this one.
