Nevada Revised Statutes 281A.710 – Initiation of ethics complaint; form and contents; Commission may decline to render opinion under certain circumstances
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.280, the Commission may render an opinion that interprets the statutory ethical standards and applies those standards to a given set of facts and circumstances regarding the propriety of the conduct of a public officer or employee if an ethics complaint is:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 281A.710
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
(a) Filed by a specialized or local ethics committee established pursuant to NRS 281A.350.
(b) Filed by any person, except a person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility in this State or any other jurisdiction.
(c) Initiated by the Commission on its own motion, except the Commission shall not initiate such an ethics complaint based solely upon an anonymous complaint.
2. An ethics complaint filed by a person must be:
(a) Verified under oath and filed on a form prescribed by the Commission; and
(b) Submitted with sufficient evidence to support the allegations in order for the Commission to make a determination of whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.715 and 281A.720.
3. The Commission may decline to render an opinion if the person who files the ethics complaint does not submit all necessary evidence in the matter.