The Legislature hereby declares it essential to the proper operation of democratic government that public officials and employees be independent and impartial; that governmental decisions and policy be made in the proper channels of the governmental structure; that public office not be used for private gain other than the remuneration provided by law; that there be public confidence in the integrity of government; and that public officials be assisted in determinations of conflicts of interest.Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1982, ch. 488, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 348, § 1, reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 491, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 360, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 350, § 1, eff. 6/8/1998 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
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