(a) The General Assembly hereby declares that public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal financial gain through public office other than compensation provided by law is a violation of that trust. In serving the public interest, it is a legislator’s right and responsibility to vote upon all questions before the House of which he or she is a member and to participate in the business of the House and its committees, and in doing so, he or she is presumed to be acting in good faith and in the public interest.

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(b) The General Assembly also acknowledges that the exercise of legislative rights is subject to limitations provided in article II, § 20 of the Delaware Constitution when personal or private interests conflict with the public interest.

(c) The purpose of this chapter is to define the limitations of article II, § 20 of the Delaware Constitution and to provide for its implementation and enforcement.

67 Del. Laws, c. 419, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;