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NCPE Town Hall Meeting Join us on June 28, 2008 for the Third NCPE Town Hall Meeting. NCPE in the News: 2008 "Court Hopeful Says Consultant Pitched Deal" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "Given $50,000 He Decides to Run" (Las Vegas Sun) Acting President Julie Tousa on Jon Ralston's "Face to Face: Ethics Complaint" Meet the Acting President of NCPE, Julie Tousa "New Watchdog of Public Ethics Continues Enforcing Vital Unwritten Law" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "Partying Away As Taxpayers Pay and Pay" (Las Vegas Sun) Ethics Legislation 2007 NCPE at the 2007 Nevada State Legislature: Summary and Details "Article 6 Commission" to study and recommend improvements in the Nevada judiciary NCPE statement about the danger of big donors contributing to Supreme Court justice election campaigns. Judicial Ethics & the Complaint Processes Craig Walton's letter, to the Las Vegas Business Journal in favor of the new plan for judicial selection
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NCPE 2007 Ethics Legislation Proposals NRS 281.561 Rationale: Current statutory requirements for reporting political campaign contributions allow significant gaps in time between reports. During non-election years for a given office, candidates need only file a single report, detailing contributions of $100 or more, made during that entire year. During election years, a report is due 7 days prior to the primary election date, another 7 days prior to the general election, and a final report not due until the following January 15 and showing totals for the entire campaign year. This reporting schedule offers less opportunity for the people to adequately scrutinize contribution amounts and sources to various candidates and initiatives, and to factor such information into their voting decisions. Too often, what is known about sources and amounts of campaign funding becomes known too late. We propose the changes outlined below in order to make this information available at intervals more useful to the average voter. BDR: For non-election years for a given office, candidates are required to make quarterly reports of campaign contributions and expenditures. Those officers listed in NRS 294A.300, who may not accept contributions during and in the immediate periods before and after a legislative session, must report contributions and expenditures made up to 30 days prior to the legislative session, and again beginning the third calendar quarter of that year. For election years for a given office, candidates are required to make monthly reports of campaign contributions and expenditures, with due dates set so that reports would be due at least two weeks prior to the primary and general election dates.
(2 a) Penalties for violating limits or deadlines of lobbying disclosure provisions: Rationale: Current penalties are often minor, are not enforced, are forgiven or are treated as part of the cost of doing business. BDR: Penalties equal to double the amount of the contribution(s), increasing for each additional violation, to be enforced by the Secretary of State.
Continue reading 2007 proposals NRS 218.900-944: NRS 281.561
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