§ 22-1. Findings; purpose.

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A.
The City Council of the City of Atlantic City finds and declares that:

(1)
Public office and employment are a public trust.

(2)
The City of Atlantic City depends upon the public's confidence in the integrity of its elected and appointed representatives.

B.
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a method of assuring that standards of ethical conduct and financial disclosure requirements for officers and employees of the City of Atlantic City shall be clear, consistent and uniform in their application and enforcement and to provide those officers or employees with advice and information concerning possible conflicts of interest which might arise in the conduct of their public duties.

C.
It is the further purpose of this chapter to implement the provisions of the Local Government Ethics Law, P.L. 1991, c. 29, N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.1 et seq., under the authority of which this chapter is enacted.

                    
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