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                                    EX-23(P)

                                 CODE OF ETHICS

                                       OF

                    SANTA BARBARA GROUP OF MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

I.   INTRODUCTION

     This Code of  Ethics  has been  adopted  by Santa  Barbara  Group of Mutual
     Funds, Inc. (the "Company"), each Adviser and/or Sub-adviser to each series
     of the Company (the  "Advisers")  and the Company's  principal  underwriter
     (the  "Underwriter")  in compliance  with Rule 17j-1 (the "Rule") under the
     Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as  amended  (the  "Act")  to  establish
     standards and  procedures for the detection and prevention of activities by
     which persons having knowledge of the investments and investment intentions
     of the Company may abuse their fiduciary duties to the Company, and to deal
     with other types of  conflict-of-interest  situations  to which the Rule is
     addressed.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for certain persons who have affiliations with
     the  Company  to  engage  in  conduct  which is  deceitful,  fraudulent  or
     manipulative,   or  which  involves  false  or  misleading  statements,  in
     connection  with the purchase or sale of  securities  by the Company.  This
     Code of Ethics is intended to establish policies and procedures designed to
     insure that persons  subject to this Code of Ethics and the Rule do not use
     any information  concerning the investments or investment intentions of the
     Company,  or  his or her  ability  to  influence  such  investment  related
     information,  for personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests
     of the Company.

II.  PRINCIPLES

     This  Code of Ethics  acknowledges  the  general  principles  that  persons
     affiliated with the Company:

     (A)  owe a fiduciary obligation to the Company;
     (B)  have  the  duty  at all  times  to  place  the  interests  of  Company
          shareholders first;
     (C)  must conduct all of their personal  securities  transactions in such a
          manner as to avoid any actual or  potential  conflict  of  interest or
          abuse of such person's position of trust and responsibility; and
     (D)  should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions in relation
          to the Company.

III. DEFINITIONS (AS USED HEREIN)

  "Access Person" means:

     (1)  any  director,  officer,  general  partner or  Advisory  Person of the
          Company or any Adviser to the Company.

          (A)  If an Adviser to the Company is  primarily  engaged in a business
               or  businesses  other  than  advising  Funds  or  other  advisory
               clients,  the term Access  Person  means any  director,  officer,
               general  partner or  Advisory  Person of the  Adviser  who,  with
               respect to any Fund,  makes any  recommendation,  participates in
               the determination of which  recommendation will be made, or whose
               principal function or duties relate to the determination of which
               recommendation  will be made, or who, in  connection  with his or
               her duties, obtains any information concerning recommendations on
               Covered Securities being made by the Adviser to any Fund.

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          (B)  An Adviser is  "primarily  engaged  in a business  or  businesses
               other than advising Funds or other advisory clients" if, for each
               of its most recent  three  fiscal years or for the period of time
               since its  organization,  whichever is less, the Adviser derived,
               on an  unconsolidated  basis,  more  than 50% of its  income  (or
               loss),  before  taxes  and  extraordinary  items,  from the other
               business or businesses.

     (2)  Any director,  officer or general  partner of a principal  underwriter
          who, in the ordinary  course of business,  makes,  participates  in or
          obtains  information  regarding,  the  purchase  or  sale  of  Covered
          Securities by the Company for which the principal underwriter acts, or
          whose functions or duties in the ordinary course of business relate to
          the  making  of any  recommendation  to  the  Company,  regarding  the
          purchase or sale of Covered Securities.

  "Advisory Person" means:

     (1)  Any  employee  of the  Company or an Adviser to the Company (or of any
          company in a control  relationship  to the  Company  or an  investment
          adviser to the  Company)  who, in  connection  with his or her regular
          functions or duties,  makes,  participates in, or obtains  information
          regarding  the purchase or sale of Covered  Securities by the Company,
          or whose functions  relate to the making of any  recommendations  with
          respect to such purchases or sales; and

     (2)  Any  natural  person in a control  relationship  to the  Company or an
          Adviser   to  the   Company   who   obtains   information   concerning
          recommendations  made to the Company  with  regard to the  purchase or
          sale of Covered Securities by the Company.

  "Affiliated Person" means:

     (1)  Any officer,  director,  copartner or employee of the Company, Adviser
          and/or Underwriter;

     (2)  any person directly or indirectly owning,  controlling or holding with
          power to vote, 5% or more of the outstanding  voting securities of the
          Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter;

     (3)  any  person  5% or more of whose  outstanding  voting  securities  are
          directly or indirectly  owned,  controlled or held with power to vote,
          by the Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter; and

     (4)  any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
          common control with the Company, Adviser and/or Underwriter.

  "Beneficial Interest" means:

     any  interest  by  which  an  Access  Person  or any  member  of his or her
     immediate  family  (relative  by  blood  or  marriage  living  in the  same
     household),  can directly or indirectly  derive a monetary benefit from the
     purchase,  sale (or other  acquisition  or  disposition)  or ownership of a
     security,  except such interests as Clearing Officers shall determine to be
     too remote for the purpose of this Code of Ethics.  (A transaction in which
     an Access Person  acquires or disposes of a security in which he or she has
     or  thereby  acquires  a direct or  indirect  Beneficial  Interest  will be
     referred to in this Code of Ethics as a "personal  securities"  transaction
     or as a transaction for the person's "own account").

     At the  written  request of a person  subject  to this Code of Ethics,  the
     Clearing Officers,  in their sole discretion or with the advice of counsel,
     may from time to time issue written interpretations as to whether an Access
     Person has a  "Beneficial  Interest"  in a security or a  transaction,  and
     whether  a  transaction  is  or  would  be  considered  to  be a  "personal
     securities" transaction or a transaction "for the person's own" account for
     purposes of the reporting  requirements  under this Code.  Any such written
     interpretations   shall  be   included   in  Appendix  A  attached  to  and
     incorporated by reference into this Code of Ethics,  and may be relied upon
     solely by the person(s) seeking such interpretations.

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  "Clearing Officers" means any two officers of the Company who are not:

     (1)  parties to the transaction;
     (2)  related by blood or marriage to a party to the transaction; and
     (3)  interested in or affiliated persons of the issuer of the securities at
          issue.

  "Control" means:

     the power to  exercise  a  controlling  influence  over the  management  or
     policies  of a  company  (unless  such  power is  solely  the  result of an
     official  position with such  company).  Any person who owns  beneficially,
     directly or through one or more controlled companies,  more than 25% of the
     voting securities of a company shall be presumed to control such company.

  "Covered Security" means:

     all  stock,   debt  obligations  and  other   instruments   comprising  the
     investments  of the Company,  including any warrant or option to acquire or
     sell a security,  and financial futures contracts,  except that it does not
     include:

     (1)  Direct obligations of the Government of the United States;

     (2)  Banker's acceptances,  bank certificates of deposit,  commercial paper
          and high quality  short-term debt  instruments,  including  repurchase
          agreements, and

     (3)  Shares issued by open-end Funds.

     References to a "Security" in this Code of Ethics shall include any warrant
     for, option in, or security immediately convertible into that "Security."

  "Fund" means an investment  company  registered  under  the  Act, and includes
  the Company.

  A "security held or to be acquired" by the Company means:

     any Covered Security which, within the most recent 15 calendar days: (i) is
     or has been held by the Company; or (ii) is being or has been considered by
     an Adviser for purchase by the Company.

  A security is "being considered for purchase or sale";

     from the time an order is given by or on behalf of the Company to the order
     room of the Adviser  until all orders  with  respect to that  security  are
     completed or withdrawn.

III. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

     The specific  provisions  and reporting  requirements  of the Rule and this
     Code of Ethics are concerned primarily with those investment  activities of
     ACCESS PERSONS who are associated with the Company and who thus may benefit
     from or interfere with the purchase or sale of portfolio  securities by the
     Company.  However, the Rule and this Code of Ethics shall also apply to all
     Affiliated Persons of the Company,  the Adviser(s),  Sub-Adviser(s) and the
     Underwriter ("Covered Persons"), unless specifically stated otherwise.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for Covered Persons to engage in conduct which
     is deceitful,  fraudulent,  or  manipulative,  or which  involves  false or
     misleading  statements,   in  connection  with  the  purchase  or  sale  of
     securities  by the  Company.  Accordingly,  under the Rule and this Code of
     Ethics,  no  Covered  Person  shall  use  any  information  concerning  the
     investments or investment intentions of the Company, or his or her

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     ability to influence such investment intentions,  for personal gain or in a
     manner detrimental to the interests of the Company.

     In addition,  no Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly in connection
     with the  purchase or sale of a "security  held or to be  acquired"  by the
     Company:

          (i)  employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Company; or

          (ii) make  to the  Company  or an  Adviser  any  untrue  statement  of
               material fact or omit to state to any of the foregoing a material
               fact necessary in order to make the statements  made, in light of
               the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or

          (iii)engage  in  any  act,  practice,  or  course  of  business  which
               operates or would  operate as a fraud or deceit upon the Company;
               or

          (iv) engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Company.

V.   PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

                                BLACKOUT PERIODS

     Subject  to any  additional  limiting  requirements  that may be set  forth
     below, an ACCESS PERSON may not effect a personal securities transaction in
     Covered  Securities  if he or she  knows  or  should  know  at the  time of
     entering into the transaction that:

     (i)  the Company has engaged in a transaction  in the same security  within
          the last 15 calendar days, or is engaging in a transaction or is going
          to  engage  in a  transaction  in the  same  security  in the  next 15
          calendar days; or if an Adviser has within the last 15 days considered
          or is  considering a transaction in the same security for the Company,
          or within the next 15 days is  considering  such a transaction  in the
          security, unless such ACCESS PERSON

          (1)  obtains  advance  written  clearance of such  transaction  by two
               Clearing Officers; and
          (2)  reports to the Company the information  described in Paragraph VI
               of this Code of Ethics.

     (ii) Any profits  realized on  unauthorized  trades  within the  proscribed
          periods shall be disgorged.

B.   INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

     An  ADVISORY  PERSON may not  acquire  any  security  in an initial  public
     offering, unless such ADVISORY PERSON (1) obtains advance written clearance
     of such transaction by two Clearing Officers and (2) reports to the Company
     the information described in Paragraph VI of this Code of Ethics.

C.   PRIVATE PLACEMENTS

     (1)  An  ADVISORY  PERSON  may  not  acquire  any  security  in  a  private
          placement,  unless such ADVISORY  PERSON (1) obtains  advance  written
          clearance of such transaction by two Clearing Officers and (2) reports
          to the Company the information  described in Paragraph VI of this Code
          of Ethics.

          When  considering  whether to grant approval to the ADVISORY PERSON to
          engage in these  transactions,  the Clearing  Officers shall consider,
          among other  factors,  whether the  investment  opportunity  should be
          reserved for the Company, and whether the opportunity is being offered
          to the  ADVISORY  PERSON  by virtue  of his or her  position  with the
          Company. If the Clearing Officers find that the investment opportunity
          should be  reserved to the  Company or that the  opportunity  is being
          offered to the

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          ADVISORY PERSON by virtue of his or her position with the Company, the
          Clearing  Officers shall refuse  permission for the ADVISORY PERSON to
          enter into the transaction.

     (2)  An ADVISORY PERSON who has been authorized to acquire  securities in a
          private  placement or an initial public  offering shall be required to
          disclose that  investment to the Company and the  appropriate  Adviser
          whenever  such  ADVISORY  PERSON  participates,   either  directly  or
          indirectly, in subsequent consideration of an investment in the issuer
          by any portfolio in the Company complex.

     (3)  In the event  that an  ADVISORY  PERSON  has been  given  approval  to
          acquire  securities  in a  private  placement  or  an  initial  public
          offering,  any decision of the Company to purchase  securities  of the
          issuer of such private  placement or initial public  offering shall be
          subject to prior review by the  Company's  independent  Directors  who
          have no personal interest in the issuer.

D.   BAN ON SHORT - TERM TRADING PROFITS

     An ADVISORY  PERSON may not profit from the purchase and sale,  or sale and
     purchase,  of the same (or equivalent)  securities within 60 calendar days.
     Any profits realized on such short-term trades shall be disgorged.

F.   GIFTS

     ADVISORY  PERSONS  may not accept  any gift or other  thing of more than de
     minimis  value  from any  person or entity  that does  business  with or on
     behalf of the Company.

G.   SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR TO OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES

     ADVISORY  PERSONS may not serve on the board of  directors  of any publicly
     traded company,  without prior authorization of a majority of the Company's
     Board of Directors,  which authorization shall be specifically based upon a
     determination that the board service would be consistent with the interests
     of the  Company  and its  shareholders.  If and when such board  service is
     authorized, the ADVISORY PERSON serving as a director will be isolated from
     other ADVISORY PERSONS who make investment decisions involving that company
     through "Chinese Wall" or other procedures.

VI.  ADVANCE CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

A.   PROCEDURES

     (1)  From Whom Obtained
Persons  who  desire  to  enter  into  personal   securities   transactions   in
transactions  requiring prior approval under paragraph V above,  must obtain the
written  approval  of any two  Clearing  Officers  prior to  entering  into such
transactions.

     (2)  Time of Clearance
Transaction  clearances  must be obtained  not more than three (3) days prior to
the  transaction.  If the trade is not made within three (3) days of the date of
clearance, a new clearance must be obtained.

     (3)  Form
Persons  seeking  authorization  to  enter  into  transactions  requiring  prior
clearance  shall  complete  and sign a form  approved  for that  purpose  by the
Company, which form shall set forth the details of the proposed transaction.  An
example of such form is annexed hereto as Schedule A ("Clearance  Forms").  Upon
obtaining  authorization  to enter into the subject  transaction,  the  Clearing
Officers  authorizing  the  transaction  shall  affix  their  signatures  to the
Clearance Form to indicate such approval.

     (4)  Filing
Copies of all completed Clearance Forms, with all required signatures,  shall be
retained by the Administrator of this

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Code of Ethics in accordance with the record keeping  requirements  set forth in
Section XII of this Code of Ethics.

B.   FACTORS CONSIDERED IN CLEARANCE OF PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS

     Clearing  Officers may refuse to grant clearance of a personal  transaction
     in their sole  discretion  without being required to specify any reason for
     the refusal.  Generally,  Clearing  Officers  will  consider the  following
     factors in determining whether or not to authorize a proposed transaction:

          (1)  Whether  the  amount  or  nature  of the  transaction,  or person
               entering into the  transaction,  is likely to affect the price or
               market for the Security;

          (2)  Whether the  individual  making the proposed  purchase or sale is
               likely to benefit from  purchases or sales in the same or similar
               security being made or being considered by the Company; and

          (3)  Whether the security proposed to be purchased or sold is one that
               would qualify for purchase or sale by the Company.

VII. EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS

     Neither the  prohibitions  nor the reporting  requirements  of this Code of
     Ethics apply to:

     (A)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of Securities
          for an  account  over  which the  person  has no direct  influence  or
          control and does not exercise indirect influence or control;

     (B)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of securities
          which are not eligible  for  purchase or sale by any  portfolio of the
          Company;

     (C)  Involuntary purchases or sales;

     (D)  Purchases which are part of an automatic  dividend  reinvestment plan;
          and

     (E)  Purchases or other  acquisitions  or  dispositions  resulting from the
          exercise  of  rights  acquired  from an  issuer  as part of a pro rata
          distribution  to all holders of a class of  securities  of such issuer
          and the sale of such rights;

VIII. REPORTING OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

A.   Reporting Requirements of Access Persons

     (1)  REPORTS REQUIRED:  Unless specifically excepted by other provisions of
          this Code of Ethics,  every ACCESS PERSON of the Company,  Adviser(s),
          Sub-Adviser(s)  and Underwriter  must provide to the  Administrator of
          this Code of Ethics and the Adviser(s) or Underwriter,  as applicable,
          the following reports:

          (a)  INITIAL  HOLDINGS  REPORTS-  Not later than ten (10) days after a
               person becomes an ACCESS PERSON, such person shall complete, sign
               and deliver to the Company, and the Adviser(s) or Underwriter, as
               applicable,  an  Initial  Holdings  Report,  a form of  which  is
               attached to this Code of Ethics as Schedule B; except that

               (i)  Any person who  qualified as an ACCESS PERSON prior to March
                    1, 2000  shall be exempt  from  filing an  Initial  Holdings
                    Report.

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          (b)  QUARTERLY TRANSACTION REPORTS- Not later than ten (10) days after
               the end of each calendar quarter, each ACCESS PERSON shall make a
               written report ("Quarterly  Transaction Report"), a form of which
               is  attached  to  this  Code  of  Ethics  as  Schedule  C, to the
               Administrator  of this  Code of  Ethics  and  the  Adviser(s)  or
               Underwriter, as applicable, which;

               (1)  With respect to any transaction during the previous calendar
                    quarter in a Covered Security in which the ACCESS PERSON had
                    any direct or indirect  Beneficial  Ownership,  contains the
                    following information:

                    (i)  The date of the  transaction,  the title,  the interest
                         rate and maturity date (if  applicable),  the number of
                         shares  and  the  principal   amount  of  each  Covered
                         Security involved:

                    (ii) The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase,  sale or
                         any other type of acquisition or disposition);

                    (iii)The  price  of  the  Covered   Security  at  which  the
                         transaction was effected;

                    (iv) The name of the broker,  dealer or bank with or through
                         which the transaction was effected; and

                    (v)  The date that the  report is  submitted  by the  ACCESS
                         PERSON.

               (2)  With respect to any account established by the ACCESS PERSON
                    in which  any  securities  were  held  during  the  previous
                    quarter  for the  direct or  indirect  benefit or the ACCESS
                    PERSON, contains the following information:

                    (ii) The name of the  broker,  dealer  or bank with whom the
                         ACCESS PERSON established the account;

                    (iii) The date the account was established; and

                    (iv) The date that the  report is  submitted  by the  ACCESS
                         PERSON.

          (c)  ANNUAL HOLDING REPORTS- Not later than thirty (30) days after the
               end of the  Company's  fiscal year end,  each ACCESS PERSON shall
               make a written  report,  a form of which is attached to this Code
               of  Ethics as  Schedule  D  ("Annual  Holdings  Report"),  to the
               Administrator  of this  Code of  Ethics  and  the  Adviser(s)  or
               Underwriter, as applicable, which:

               (1)  Sets forth the title,  number of shares and principal amount
                    of each Covered  Security in which the ACCESS PERSON had any
                    direct or indirect beneficial ownership;
               (2)  Sets forth the name of any broker,  dealer or bank with whom
                    the  ACCESS  PERSON   maintains  an  account  in  which  any
                    securities  are held for the direct or  indirect  benefit of
                    the ACCESS PERSON;
               (3)  Contains the date that the report is submitted by the ACCESS
                    PERSON; and
               (4)  States that the information contained in the Annual Holdings
                    Report is current as of a date not greater  than thirty (30)
                    days prior to the date the report was submitted.

B.   EXEMPTIONS FROM REPORTING

     (1)  A person  need not make an Initial  Holdings  Report  with  respect to
          transactions effected for, and Covered Securities held in, any account
          over which the person has no direct or indirect influence or control.

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     (2)  A Director  of the Company  who is not an  "interested  person" of the
          Company,  as such term is defined in Section  2(a)(19) of the Act, and
          who would  otherwise be required to make a report  solely by reason of
          being a Director of the Company, need not make:

          (a)  An Initial Holdings Report or an Annual Holdings Report; and

          (b)  A Quarterly  Transaction Report,  unless the Director knew, or in
               the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a
               Director  should  have known,  that  during the fifteen  (15) day
               period immediately before or after the Director's  transaction in
               a Covered  Security,  the Company  purchased  or sold the Covered
               Security,  or the Company or an Adviser considered  purchasing or
               selling the Covered Security.

     (3)  An ACCESS PERSON of the Company's  Underwriter  need not make a report
          to the Underwriter, if such person makes a report to the Company and:

          (a)  The Underwriter is not an affiliated person of the Company or any
               Adviser to the Company; and

          (b)  The Underwriter  has no officer,  director or general partner who
               serves as an officer,  director or general partner of the Company
               or an Adviser to the Company.

     (4)  An ACCESS  PERSON of an Adviser need not make a report to the Adviser,
          if  such  person  makes  a  report  to  the  Company  and  all  of the
          information  contained  in such  report  would  duplicate  information
          required   to   be   recorded   under   ss.ss.   275.204-2(a)(12)   or
          275.204(a)(13) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

     (5)  An ACCESS PERSON need not make a Quarterly  Transaction  Report if the
          Report  would   duplicate   information   contained  in  broker  trade
          confirmations  or account  statements  received  by the  Company  with
          respect to the ACCESS PERSON for the  applicable  quarterly  reporting
          period,  but  only if  such  broker  trade  confirmations  or  account
          statements  contain ALL of the information  required to be reported in
          the Quarterly Transaction Reports.

C.   RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT

     The  responsibility  for taking the initiative to report is imposed on each
     individual  required  to  make a  report.  Any  effort  by the  Company  to
     facilitate   the   reporting   process   does  not  change  or  alter  that
     responsibility.

D.   WHERE TO FILE REPORT

     All reports must be filed with the Administrator of this Code of Ethics.

IX.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPANY TRANSACTIONS

     Until  disclosed in a public  report to  shareholders  or to the SEC in the
     normal  course  of  the  Company's  business,  all  information  concerning
     Securities  "being considered for purchase or sale" by the Company shall be
     kept  confidential  by all ACCESS  PERSONS and  disclosed by them only on a
     "need to know" basis. It shall be the  responsibility  of the Administrator
     of this Code of Ethics to report any inadequacy  found by him or her to the
     Board of Directors of the Company or any  committee  appointed by the Board
     to deal with such information.

X.   SANCTIONS

     Any violation of this Code of Ethics shall be subject to the  imposition of
     such  sanctions  by the  Company  as may be  deemed  appropriate  under the
     circumstances  to achieve the  purposes of the Rule and this Code of Ethics
     which may include  suspension or  termination  of  employment,  a letter of
     censure and/or restitution of

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     an amount equal to the difference between the price paid or received by the
     Company and the more  advantageous  price paid or received by the offending
     person. Sanctions for violation of this Code of Ethics by a Director of the
     Company will be determined by a majority vote of its independent Directors.

XI.  ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION

     (A)  The  administration of this Code of Ethics shall be the responsibility
          of the Secretary of the Company who shall serve as the "Administrator"
          of this Code of Ethics.

     (B)  The duties of such Administrator shall include:

          (1)  Continuous  maintenance  of a  current  list of the  names of all
               ACCESS PERSONS with an appropriate  description of their title or
               employment;

          (2)  Providing  each COVERED  PERSON a copy of this Code of Ethics and
               informing them of their duties and  obligations  thereunder,  and
               assuring  that  COVERED  PERSONS  who are not ACCESS  PERSONS are
               familiar with applicable requirements of this Code of Ethics;

          (3)  Supervising  the  implementation  of this  Code of  Ethics by the
               Adviser(s)  and  Underwriter  and the  enforcement  of the  terms
               hereof by the Adviser(s) and Underwriter;

          (4)  Maintaining  or  supervising  the  maintenance of all records and
               reports required by this Code of Ethics;

          (5)  Preparing  listings  of all  transactions  effected by any ACCESS
               PERSON  within  fifteen  (15)  days of the date on which the same
               security was held, purchased or sold by the Company;

          (6)  Determining whether any particular securities  transaction should
               be exempted pursuant to the provisions of this Code of Ethics;

          (7)  Issuing either  personally,  or with the assistance of counsel as
               may be  appropriate,  an  interpretation  of this  Code of Ethics
               which may appear  consistent  with the  objectives of the Rule of
               this Code of Ethics;

          (8)  Conducting  of  such  inspections  or  investigations,  including
               scrutiny  of  the   listings   referred   to  in  the   preceding
               subparagraph,  as shall  reasonably  be  required  to detect  and
               report, with his or her recommendations,  any apparent violations
               of this Code of Ethics to the Board of  Directors  of the Company
               or any Committee appointed by them to deal with such information;

          (9)  Submitting  a quarterly  report to the  Directors  of the Company
               containing  a  description  of any  violation  and  the  sanction
               imposed; transactions which suggest a possibility of a violation,
               and  any   exemptions  or  waivers  found   appropriate   by  the
               Administrator;  and any other significant  information concerning
               the appropriateness of this Code of Ethics.

XII. REQUIRED RECORDS

     The  Administrator  shall  maintain or cause to be  maintained in an easily
     accessible place, the following records:

     (A)  A copy of this and any other Code of Ethics  adopted  pursuant  to the
          Rule which has been in effect during the past five (5) years;

     (B)  A record of any  violation  of such  Codes of Ethics and of any action
          taken as a result of such violation;

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     (C)  A copy of each report made by the  Administrator  within two (2) years
          from the end of the fiscal  year of the  Company in which such  report
          and  interpretation  is made or issued and for an additional three (3)
          years in a place which need not be easily accessible;

     (D)  A list of all  persons who are, or within the past five (5) years have
          been,  required to make reports  pursuant to the Rule and this Code of
          Ethics; and

     (E)  A  copy  of  all  Initial  Holdings  Reports,  Quarterly  Transactions
          Reports,  and Annual Holdings  Reports  submitted within the last five
          (5) years, the first two (2) years in an easily accessible place.

XIII. AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS

     This Code of Ethics may not be amended or modified except in a written form
     which  is  specifically  approved  by  majority  vote  of  the  Independent
     Directors of the Company.

This Code of Ethics was adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, including a
majority  of  the  Company's  "Independent  Directors",  at a  meeting  held  on
______________________, 2000.

Witness my Signature:


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Secretary to the Company

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                       CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION CLEARANCE
                                  REQUEST FORM

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of Section V of the Code of Ethics of Santa
Barbara Group of Mutual Funds, Inc. (the "Company"), I,  ______________________,
being an Access  Person of the  Company,  as that term is  defined  in the Code,
hereby  request that the Company  approve the following  transaction  in Covered
Securities:

Name of Security:  ___________________________________________________________

Number of shares/Principal amount:____________________________________________

Nature of transaction: ___________________________________
(i.e., purchase, sale or other type of acquisition or disposition);

Name of broker/dealer or bank executing transaction:____________________________

Yes        No

___        ___       The security described above represents an investment in an
                     initial public offering.

___        ___       The security  described above represents an investment in a
                     private placement.

By my  signature  below,  I swear  and  affirm  that I have not  engaged  in any
transactions  in the  above-described  securities  in violation of the Company's
Code of Ethics, that I will invest in the above-described  securities only after
obtaining  clearance  to do so from  authorized  officers of the  Company,  will
report  all  such  transactions  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of the
Company's  Code  of  Ethics,  and  if I  receive  clearance  to  engage  in  the
above-described  security,  I will execute the  transaction not later than three
(3) days after  receiving  clearance  or will  obtain a new  clearance  prior to
executing the transaction.


----------------------------------             ---------------------------------
Signature of Applicant                         Printed Name of Applicant

_____ After due  consideration,  the  proposed  transaction  described  above is
      APPROVED.

_____ After due consideration, the proposed transaction is DENIED.

_____ (Check only if approving a transaction that represents an investment in an
      initial public offering or in a private  placement).  We, the undersigned,
      in the exercise of our obligations to the Company under the Company's Code
      of  Ethics,  have  found  that the  above-described  transaction  is not a
      transaction  that should be reserved to the  Company,  and we further find
      that the  transaction is not being offered to the Applicant as a result of
      his/her position with the Company, Adviser or Underwriter.


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Signature of Clearing Officer   Date         Signature of Clearing Officer  Date


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Printed Name                                 Printed Name

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                              CONFIDENTIAL INITIAL
                                 HOLDINGS REPORT
                    SANTA BARBARA GROUP OF MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

     The following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of  ________________________.  (If no
transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of the
Company not later than the 10th day after you qualify as an Access  Person.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES
                         ------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>        <C>
                       Description of     Number of                            Total      Broker executing
Transaction Date       Security           Shares/ Units     Per Unit Price     Amount     Transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary  of the  Company  not later than the 10th day after you  qualify as an
Access Person. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

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     Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                Date Account Established
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                           Name:
Date:                                      Signature:
     -------------------------------                 ---------------------------

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                                   SCHEDULE C
                        QUARTERLY SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
                               CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
                    SANTA BARBARA GROUP OF MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

     The following lists all  transactions in Covered  Securities in which I had
any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership during the last calendar  quarter.
(If no  transactions  took place write "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary
of the Company not later than the 10th day of the month following the end of the
calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

                     PURCHASES/SALES AND OTHER DISPOSITIONS
                     --------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>              <C>              <C>                    <C>            <C>                 <C>         <C>
                                  Purchase (P),
                                  Sale(S), or Other      Number of
Transaction      Description      Disposition            Shares/                            Total       Broker executing
Date             of Security      (Describe)             Units          Per Unit Price      Amount      Transaction
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

The  following  lists all accounts  established  by me during the last  calendar
quarter  in which I had any  direct  or  indirect  beneficial  ownership  in any
Securities. (If no accounts were established,  write "None".) Sign and return to
the Secretary of the Company not later than the 10th day of the month  following
the end of the calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                Date Account Established
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                           Name:
Date:                                      Signature:
     -------------------------------                 ---------------------------

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                               CONFIDENTIAL ANNUAL
                           SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORT
                    SANTA BARBARA GROUP OF MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

     The following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of  ________________________.  (If no
transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of the
Company not later than the 30th day after the  Company's  fiscal  year end.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES
                         ------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>        <C>
                       Description of     Number of                            Total      Broker executing
Transaction Date       Security           Shares/ Units     Per Unit Price     Amount     Transaction
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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</TABLE>

The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary of the Company not later than the 30th day after the Company's  fiscal
year end. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                Date Account Established
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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I swear and affirm  that the  foregoing  information  is true and correct to the
best of my information  and belief,  and that the  information  included in this
report is  current  as of a date not later  than  thirty  (30) days prior to the
filing of this report.

                                           Name:
Date:                                      Signature:
     -------------------------------                 ---------------------------

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