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Ethics Commission waives many late-filing penalties, assesses fines for persistent nonfilers; bureau reports 547 unfiled statements
Summary
At the April 1 meeting the commission granted reconsideration and waived civil penalties for numerous local officials who later filed statements of interest, assessed penalties for a set of persistent nonfilers, and heard staff say 547 statements of interest remain unfiled following a change to email notices and an aging IT system.
The Tennessee Ethics Commission on April 1 reviewed a large docket of reconsideration requests tied to late or missing annual statements of interest and took a mix of actions including waivers, continuances and assessments.
Executive Director Bill Young told the commission that staff have identified 547 local officials whose statements of interest remain unfiled and that the bureau suspects part of the increase is linked to moving from certified mail to email-based notices. "Currently, according to Morgan Tigard in my office, we have unfiled statements of interest from local officials totaling 547," Young said.
Commissioners considered dozens of individual reconsideration requests from planning commissioners, constables, county commissioners, school-board candidates and other local…
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