PROHIBITED PRACTICES - 3504

No State officer or employee will personally derive any benefit from use of facilities available to the State for the purchase of equipment, supplies, or commodities. Use of purchase orders or other State purchasing procedures to obtain property for personal use, or misrepresentations to vendors that personal purchases are for the State, for the purpose of obtaining price discounts not allowed on personal purchases, will expose officers or employees to prosecution under Penal Code provisions relating to embezzlement and theft.