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interest legislation for the elected officials of the
State, then perhaps somehow the otherwise plenary power of
the legislature to enact conflict of interest legislation
for all officials would be impaired and that they would be
restricted to legislation implementing the particular
provision that the majority proposes. I don't mean to
suggest that we of the minority are happy with the failure
on the part of the failure of the General Assembly to go
very far in the conflict of interest field, however one
must be fair and recognize the fact that this is a very,
very difficult field in which to legislate. I think the
representative from California who appeared before our
committee who has been associated as the administrative
assistant to Mr. Unra, the speaker of the California house
for many years, made the telling point when he pointed out
to the extent that you increase the prestige of the legis-
lature, to the extent that you make them more of a full-
time body, to the extent that you pay them better, then to
that extent can you also expect more of them by way of
effective and comprehensive conflict of interest legis-
lation and I think we are moving in the direction of that