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Arizona | Hughes v. Jorgenson, 203 Ariz. 71, 74, 50 P.3d 821, 824 (2002) |
Under state constitutional or statutory law, under what circumstances will the imposition or enforcement of fees or fines create conflicts of interest for courts, police departments, probation departments, or other + See morelaw enforcement agencies?
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Arizona law recognizes that a conflict of interest might arise where an officer or the court has a pecuniary or proprietary interest in the actions of an agency. |
"[T]o violate the conflict of interest statute, a public official must have a non-speculative, non-remote pecuniary or proprietary interest in the decision at issue. The statutes require public officials to + See moredisclose potential conflicts and, in most instances, to then refrain from acting on issues on which the conflict exists"
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