SEC.  25-32-51.  Conflicts division created.

(1) There is hereby created within the office of the commission a conflicts division which shall function under the direction and supervision of the commission.

(2) The conflicts division shall develop policies and procedures for identifying conflicts of interest at the earliest practicable moment and for remedying such conflicts. The conflicts division shall also monitor and assess all questions regarding conflicts of interest as provided and contemplated by Section 25-32-47.

SOURCES: Laws, 1998, ch. 575, § 11, SB 2239, eff from and after July 1, 1998, provided the new programs authorized by Laws, 1998, ch. 575, are funded and certified.

NOTE: Laws, 1998, ch. 575, § 21, provides:

SECTION 21. (1) All new programs authorized under this Senate Bill No. 2239 shall be subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated therefor by the Legislature during the 1998 Regular Session or any subsequent session. This act shall be codified but no amendment to a code section or repeal of a code section enacted by this Senate Bill No. 2239 shall take effect until the Legislature has funded any new programs authorized hereunder by line item appropriation, said line item appropriation to be certified by the Legislative Budget Office to the Secretary of State.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the only actions authorized under this act to be funded shall be the hiring of the executive director, the hiring of a secretary for the executive director, expenses necessary for the operation of the commission and the executive director's office and expenses incidental thereto, and providing per diem for the members of the commission unless other legal funding as authorized under this act other than by appropriation of the Legislature is available. The commission shall assess the feasibility and cost of the implementation of this act and report its findings to the Legislature not later than January 1, 1999. This subsection (2) shall stand repealed on July 1, 1999.