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Rules Committee holds ordinance to bar false material statements by county employees for further legal review
Summary
The Jackson County Rules Committee read Ordinance 66,016, which would prohibit county employees from knowingly making false material statements to the legislature; after members raised separation-of-powers and disciplinary concerns, the committee voted to hold the ordinance for further legal review.
The Rules Committee chair, Legislator Sean Smith, read Ordinance 66,016, which would add a prohibition on knowingly making false material statements to the Jackson County code of conduct.
"When we have folks come before us and give us information, we have the opportunity to swear them in ... I don't think we need to go to that extent," Legislator Sean Smith…
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