1.    Each legislative assembly shall adopt conflict of interest rules. The rules must:

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a.    Require the disclosure by a member of a potential conflict of interest relating to any bill in which the member may have a direct, unique, substantial, or individual interest.

b.    Ensure a mechanism is in place to record each disclosure and make it readily available to the public.

2.    If the legislative assembly adopts rules under subsection 1 which are at least as restrictive as the conflict of interest rules adopted by the ethics commission, the disclosure process portion of the conflict of interest rules adopted by the ethics commission may not apply to members of the legislative assembly.