North Carolina Ethical Standards for Covered Persons. Use of public position for private gain.

"§ 138A‑31. Use of public position for private gain.

(a) ...a covered person or legislative employee shall not knowingly use the covered person's or legislative employee's public position in an official action or legislative action that will result in financial benefit to the covered person or legislative employee, a member of the covered person's or legislative employee's extended family, or business with which the covered person or legislative employee is associated.

This subsection shall not apply to financial or other benefits derived by a covered person or legislative employee that the covered person or legislative employee would enjoy to an extent no greater than that which other citizens of the State would or could enjoy, or that are so remote, tenuous, insignificant, or speculative that a reasonable person would conclude under the circumstances that the covered person's or legislative employee's ability to protect the public interest and perform the covered person's or legislative employee's official duties would not be compromised.

(b) A covered person shall not mention or permit another person to mention the covered person's public position in nongovernmental advertising that advances the private interest of the covered person or others..."

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/statutelookup.pl?statute=138a-31