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Committee approves SOP amendments to allow summary dismissal and require vote before inquiries
Summary
The Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards approved amendments to its Standard Operating Procedures to add a standard-of-review for jurisdictional questions, allow summary dismissal with chair and vice-chair consent, and require a committee vote before initiating preliminary inquiries.
The Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards approved amendments Feb. 18 to its Standard Operating Procedures that create a jurisdictional standard of review, permit summary dismissal of certain complaints with the chair and vice chair's consent, and require a committee vote before moving complaints into the preliminary inquiry phase.
Counsel Gabe Neville outlined three elements of the proposed amendment: (1) a standard of review for jurisdictional questions that requires some tangible evidence to establish jurisdiction, (2) a summary-dismissal…
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