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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A3-3. Rules of interpretation.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A3-3. Rules of interpretation.

(a) This code of ethics shall be construed broadly in order to effectuate its purposes.

(b) To the extent practicable, the words and phrases used in this code of ethics shall be interpreted consistent with their meaning under existing general California law, including the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, and regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission.

(c) To the extent that the provisions of this division are more stringent than existing general California law or regulations, the more stringent provisions control. To the extent that the limitations and requirements imposed by this code of ethics are different from those set forth in general California ethics laws or regulations they shall be applied and interpreted so as to be no less stringent than those laws or regulations.

(Ord. No. NS-19.30.4, § 1, 9-23-97)

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