Wisconsin Code § 238.046

Private interest in public contract
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(1) A
member of the board or an employee of the corporation to whom
the board delegates its authority to contract shall notify the corporation’s legal counsel or, if the corporation’s legal counsel is
unavailable, the chief executive officer of the corporation if the
member or employee has a direct or indirect, private, pecuniary
interest in a contract that is being negotiated, bid for, or entered
into with the corporation. If the corporation’s legal counsel or
chief executive officer is notified under this section, he or she
shall report the name of the individual from whom he or she received the notification and the contract in which the individual
has a private, pecuniary interest to the board. A member or employee who notifies the corporation’s legal counsel or chief executive officer under this section is not authorized to participate in
the member’s or employee’s capacity as a member of the board or
an employee of the corporation in the making of the contract or to
perform in regard to the contract some official function requiring
the exercise of discretion on the member’s or employee’s part.
(2) An employee of the corporation shall notify the corporation’s legal counsel or, if the corporation’s legal counsel is unavailable, the chief executive officer of the corporation if the employee has a controlling interest in an entity that is negotiating,
bidding for, or entering into a contract with the corporation. If
the corporation’s legal counsel or chief executive officer is notified under this section, he or she shall report the name of the individual from whom he or she received the notification and the
contract at issue to the board. The board shall prohibit the corporation from entering into any contract with an entity in which an
employee of the corporation has a controlling interest.

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