Conflict of Interest

Employees in a designated position or COI Interim position must file an annual Statement of Economic Interests Form 700 by approximately April 1st of each year.

Exception:

If you assumed office between October 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 and filed an assuming office statement, you are not required to file an annual statement until April 2025.

This form is for use by all state and local government agencies to disclose payments made to the agency when the payments provide a personal benefit to an official of the agency. Examples may include travel, meals or other benefits. Under certain circumstances, these payments will not result in a gift to the official, but will be considered a gift to the agency. The payments must be used for official agency business and must meet other requirements that are set out in FPPC Regulation 18944.2.

Form 801 is used to report certain payments received by state and local government agencies that are used for agency purposes and paid by a third party. FPPC Regulations 18944 and 18950.1 provide a procedure that agencies may use to disclose these payments, which may include a payment for an official’s travel expenses for the purpose of facilitating the public’s business in lieu of using agency funds; and a payment that would otherwise be considered a gift or income to the benefiting official, but is instead accepted on behalf of the agency.

Form 801 - Payment to Agency Report

This form is for use by all state and local government agencies to disclose the distribution of tickets or passes that allow admission to facilities, events, shows, or performances for entertainment, amusement, recreational, or similar purposes. The agency must complete Form 802 identifying agency officials who receive tickets or passes from the agency as well as other individuals and organizations that receive tickets or passes at the behest of agency officials. Further information regarding this reporting requirement are set in FPPC Regulation 18944.1.

FPPC Regulation 18944.1 sets out the circumstances under which an agency’s distribution of tickets to entertainment events, sporting events, and like occasions would not result in a gift to individuals that attend the function. In general, the agency must adopt a policy which identifies the public purpose served in distributing the admissions. The Form 802 serves to detail each event and the public purpose of each ticket distribution.

Form 802 - Reporting Ceremonial Role Events and Ticket/Admission Distribution

Consultants who meet the following criteria must file Form 700:

• A consultant authorized and hired to make a CSU decision on behalf of the institution.
• A consultant hired to influence a CSU decision, whose input is not independently reviewed.
• A consultant hired to work on an ongoing basis for a year or more, in a position that otherwise would be designated and require a CSU employee to file a Form 700.
• A consultant who provides investment advice. The above consultants are retained through the procurement process on each campus.
   

The above consultants are retained through the procurement process on each campus.

Title 2 regulations require Principal Investigators to file a form 700-U (Statement of Economic Interests for Principal Investigators) before the final acceptance of a contract, grant or gift for a research project from a non-governmental entity, and within 30 days of renewal of funding for such a contract or grant. Principal Investigators must complete the on-line ethics training within six (6) months of receiving the grant. Subsequent training is required at least once within each two calendar year period that the grant is in place.

There is no COI “annual” filing requirement for Principal Investigators (PIs), however all Principal Investigators with state-side grants are required to take an on-line CSU COI training via CSULearn.

2023-2024 Principal Investigator’s Statement of Economic Interests Form 700-U and Instructions for Statement of Economic Interests for Principal Investigators