25-4-1 - Legislative purpose.
§ 25-4-1. Legislative purpose.
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.
Sources: Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 1; reenacted, 1982, ch. 488, § 1; reenacted, 1986, ch. 348, § 1, reenacted, 1990, ch. 491, § 1, eff from and after June 18, 1990 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the reenactment of this section); Laws, 1995, ch. 360, § 1; reenacted without change, 1998, ch. 350, § 1, eff from and after June 8, 1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the reenactment of this section).