A. 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 Town of Hammonton shall be clear, consistent, uniform in their application and enforceable 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.
B. It is the further purpose of this chapter to implement the provision of the Local Government Ethics Law, P.L. 1991, c. 29 (N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.1 et seq.).
C. This chapter is enacted under the authority of the Local Government Ethics Law, P.L. 1991, c. 29 (N.J.S.A 40A:9-22.1 et seq.) and under the further authority granted to the Town of Hammonton under the provision of Titles 40 and 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.