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NCPE in the News: 2008-2009 Auto Body Shop Bill's Backer Denies Conflict (Sun) With Ethics Commission Challenged, Lawmakers Move to Police themselves (Sun) Chancellor Rogers Enlists Campus Help in Budget Plea (Sun) Click here to view the Saturday, January 10th, 2009, Town Hall Meeting. "Taxpayers Give Money: LVCVA Gers Award" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "Casa Rosa's Days Numbered" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "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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Testimonies to the 2007 Legislature Submitted by NCPE
February 26, 2007 - Concerning AB 109, we speak in support - allows leftover campaign monies to go to a public-purpose Trust Fund. The text of AB 109 can be found here. February 26, 2007 - Concerning AB 143, we speak in qualified support - 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. Click here for the text. Status report as of 3/29/07. May 2, 2007 - Testimony submitted to Senate in support of AB 143. Here is the history of AB 143. February 26, 2007 - Support for SJR 1 - removes the requirement that affidavits be provided with ballot initiative petitions. The text can be read from the Nevada State site. February 26, 2007 - Support for 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. Click here to read the text of SB 79. March 1, 2007 - UPDATED VERSION, Support for SB 144, to require Limited Liability Corporations (LLC=s) to report contributions. Read SB 144 by clicking here. March 5, 2007 - Support for AB 142, to require ethics instruction and lobbyists to the Executive Dept. to register and report expenditures. Read the text of AB 142 here. May 2, 2007 - Support for Amended AB 142 Review the history of AB 142 here. March 26, 2007 - Testimony in support of AB 335, with suggested amendments - dealing with campaign disclosure. The text of bill AB 335 can be found here. May 9, 2007 - Testimony to the Senate providing support for amended AB 335. Go to the history of AB 335. March 26, 2007 - Support for SB 425, to new detail on political contributions, and to include legal defense funds in that category. Read SB 425. May 7, 2007 Testimony to Assembly supporting SB 425 . Review the history of SB 425 at the Nevada Legislature site. April 2, 2007 - Testimony in support of AB 312, with suggested amendments - deals with campaign disclosure. Read AB 312. April 2, 2007 - Testimony for 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.The text of AB 605 can be found here. April 2, 2007 , April 7, 07- Support for SB 495, with comment and suggestions. Original Testimony 4/2/07 , Revised Comments 4/7/07 - 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”. Read the text of SB 495. May 07, 2007 - Testimony to Assembly in support of SB 495. Go here to review the history of SB 495. April 3, 2007 (testimony given on April 10) - Orignal Support for SB 494, with comment and suggestions. - dealing with primary, general, and municipal elections, SB 494 changes the filing deadline for campaign contribution reports. Link to SB 494. May 2, 2007 - Support for Amended AB 79 - to close a huge, unintended loophole in NRS 281.411-581, our “Ethics in Government” law. Read AB 79 _______________
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