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NCPE at NV Legislature
AB 143 - changes the NV. Commission on Ethics deadline for completing an inquiry from 45 days to 1 year, and also allows the complainee to be told what is happening to his or her complaint.
March 29 , 2007 - Status Update
............Today was our first success: AB 143 got a "do pass" from the Assembly Committee that does ethics stuff.
This is the bill sponsored by Republican Assemblyman Ed Goedhart of Amargosa Valley, doing 3 things:
[1] providing that the person who puts in an ethics complaint can be told what ever happened to the complaint (without having to read it in the paper),
[2] changing the time-limit for finishing a complaint and issuing a ruling to 120 days (it had been 45, which was never met, so the complainee could ask for a waiver and get it, and some smart guys just stonewalled and complaints were dismissed without action), and
[3] when a public official requests an advisory opinion, it must be done in 45 days (which was the deadline, but the law had not distinguished between this kind of case, and the complaint cases - -this kind deserves a fast turn-around, the other kind needs investigation but must not be delayed { the average time to finish one of these, the past 5 years, as been 151 days).
We did not initiate this idea - Mr. Goedhart did because 4 people in his district put in complaints which were stalled by the complainee and then just dropped. But we worked with him and the Committee, we were treated with respect, and our suggestions were picked up , today, and put in to the final bill and it passed. The pressure is on the NV.Commission on Ethics, but the public will see better, more prompt results if this becomes law (passes the Senate).
Reported by Dr. Craig Walton
Go to read 2007 testimonies
AB 80, to require Limited Liability Corporations (LLC’s) to report contributions. As to the relationship to NCPE's 11 proposals, AB 80, is close to NCPE's proposal on p. 1 of our doc.
AB 109, - allows leftover campaign monies to go to a public-purpose Trust Fund.
AB 143 - changes the NV. Commission on Ethics deadline for completing an inquiry from 45 days to 1 year, and also allows the complainee to be told what is happening to his or her complaint.
SJR 1 - removes the requirement that affidavits be provided with ballot initiative petitions.
SB 79 - brings our statutes into line with a court ruling that the affidavit requirement for ballot petitions is a violation of the First Amendment.
SB 144, to require Limited Liability Corporations (LLC's) to report contributions.
AB 142, to require ethics instruction and lobbyists to the Executive Dept. to register and report expenditures.
AB 335 - dealing with campaign disclosure
SB 425 - to new detail on political contributions, and to include legal defense funds in that category.
AB 312, dealing with campaign disclosure
AB 605 requires ethics training for new public officers and also for lobbyists, forbids the use of one’s office staff or equipment for campaign purposes, and doubles the three levels of penalties for violating ethics laws.
SB 495 provides a one-year cooling off period for persons leaving the Public Utilities Commission, the Gaming Control Board, or “former public officers or employees”.
Original Testimony
Revised Comments
SB 494 - dealing with primary, general, and municipal elections, SB 494 changes the filing deadline for campaign contribution reports.
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