Section 6. Objective

The objective of this part is to provide the executive and legislative branch agencies of state government and other institutions and instrumentalities of the state with a proposed code of ethics to consider when agencies adopt either a code of ethics under Paragraph 4 of Subsection B of Section 5 of the State Ethics Commission Act, Section 10-16G-1 NMSA 1978, or a code of conduct under Sections 11 and 11.1 of the Governmental Conduct Act, Section 10-16-1 NMSA 1978. If adopted, this Code will furnish standards of conduct for the adopting agency’s officers and employees, the violation of which could form the basis for discipline by the adopting agency, including dismissal, demotion or suspension, in accordance with state law.