(a) The mission of the Office of the Treasurer of State is guided by the words of Henry Clay who stated: “Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.” Henry Clay, Speech at Ashland, Kentucky (March 1829) in JOHN BARTLETT, FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS 444 (1980).
(b) To fulfill the responsibility of trustee, the Treasurer of State’s office shall, within constitutional and statutory constraints, provide the citizens of Arkansas uncompromising safety, operating liquidity, and wealth-building yield in the collection, investment, and disbursement of their money in the most cost-effective manner attainable while maintaining, above all, the highest ethical standards.