Legal Opinion
In Re Advisory Opinion to the Governor
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 29, 1999No. 97-572-M.PPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To His Excellency Lincoln C. Almond, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:
We have received from Your Excellency a letter dated November 20, 1997, wherein you have propounded to us pursuant to article 10, section 3, of the Rhode Island Constitution your request for our written opinion on the following questions:
“1) Does Article III, section 8 of the Rhode Island Constitution, which empowers the Rhode Island Ethics Commission to ‘adopt a code of ethics, including, but not limited to provisions on conflicts of interest, * * * [and] use of position’ provide the Ethics…
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