(1) No officer or employee of a local government, the vacant property review commission, or an alternative government entity, who in the course of his or her duties is required to participate in the determination of property blight or deterioration or the issuance of notices on code violations which may lead to a determination of blight or deterioration, shall acquire an y interest in any property declared to be blighted or deteriorated. (2) If any such officer or employee owns or has financial interest, direct or indirect, in any property certified to be blighted or deteriorated, he or she shall immediately disclose, in w riting, such interest to the commission or alternative government entity and to the legislative body, and such disclosure shall be entered in the minutes of the commission or alternative government entity and of the legislative body. Failure to so disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. (3) No payment shall be made to any officer or employee for any property or interest acquired by the local government from such officer or employee unless the amount of such payment is fixed by court or der in eminent domain proceedings, or unless payment is unanimously approved by the legislative body.
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