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House Journal: Page 319: Monday, February 17, 1997

12  each year for the prior calendar year.
13     11.  SEXUAL HARASSMENT.  Members and employees of
14  the house shall not engage in conduct which
15  constitutes sexual harassment as defined in section
16  19B.12 of the Code or pursuant to the sexual
17  harassment policy adopted by the house committee on
18  administration and rules.
19     12.  COMPLAINTS.
20     a.  Filing of complaint.  Complaints may be filed
21  by any person believing that a member or employee of
22  the house, a lobbyist, or a client of a lobbyist is
23  guilty of a violation of the house code of ethics, the
24  house rules governing lobbyists, or chapter 68B of the
25  Code.
26     b.  Complaints by committee.  The ethics committee
27  may initiate a complaint on its own motion.  Committee
28  complaints may be initiated by the committee as a
29  result of a committee investigation or as a result of
30  receipt of any complaint or other information that

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 1  does not meet the requirements of these rules
 2  regarding the form of a complaint but that contains
 3  allegations that would form the basis for a valid
 4  complaint.
 5     c.  Form and contents of complaint.  A complaint
 6  shall be in writing.
 7     Complaint forms shall be available from the chief
 8  clerk of the house, but a complaint shall not be
 9  rejected for failure to use the approved form if it
10  complies with the requirements of these rules.  The
11  complaint shall contain a certification made by the
12  complainant, under penalty of perjury, that the facts
13  stated in the complaint are true to the best of the
14  complainant's knowledge.
15     To be valid, a complaint shall allege all of the
16  following:
17     (1)  Facts, including the approximate date and
18  location of any event, incident, or transaction that,
19  if true, establish a violation of a provision of
20  chapter 68B of the Code, the house code of ethics, or
21  house rules governing lobbyists for which penalties or
22  other remedies are provided.
23     (2)  That the conduct providing the basis for the
24  complaint occurred within three years of the filing of
25  the complaint.
26     (3)  That the party charged with a violation is a
27  member or employee of the house, a lobbyist, or a
28  client of a lobbyist.
29     d.  Confidentiality of complaint.  The filing of
30  the complaint and the contents of the complaint shall

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