CORRECT ANSWER:

NO. Even though you will receive a pecuniary benefit – a job – as a result of legislation that you introduced and passed, voting for the bill did not directly benefit either the president or the board of directors; their offer of a job is not compensation for a vote in their favor is CORRECT.

Creating the program conferred a benefit on the community or on the public as a whole. It does not constitute a vote that is favorable to an individual or specific group of individuals. Because the vote for the bill was not a vote in favor of the individuals offering you the job, accepting the job would not constitute accepting compensation for past official behavior.

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