House Journal: Page 281: Tuesday, February 6, 2001
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1 result of a committee investigation or as a result of
2 receipt of any complaint or other information that
3 does not meet the requirements of these rules
4 regarding the form of a complaint but that contains
5 allegations that would form the basis for a valid
6 complaint.
7 c. Form and contents of complaint. A complaint
8 shall be in writing.
9 Complaint forms shall be available from the chief
10 clerk of the house, but a complaint shall not be
11 rejected for failure to use the approved form if it
12 complies with the requirements of these rules. The
13 complaint shall contain a certification made by the
14 complainant, under penalty of perjury, that the facts
15 stated in the complaint are true to the best of the
16 complainant's knowledge.
17 To be valid, a complaint shall allege all of the
18 following:
19 (1) Facts, including the approximate date and
20 location of any event, incident, or transaction that,
21 if true, establish a violation of a provision of
22 chapter 68B of the Code, the house code of ethics, or
23 house rules governing lobbyists for which penalties or
24 other remedies are provided.
25 (2) That the conduct providing the basis for the
26 complaint occurred within three years of the filing of
27 the complaint.
28 (3) That the party charged with a violation is a
29 member or employee of the house, a lobbyist, or a
30 client of a lobbyist.
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1 d. Confidentiality of complaint. The filing of
2 the complaint and the contents of the complaint shall
3 be confidential until the time that the committee
4 meets to determine whether the complaint is valid,
5 unless either the complainant or the party charged in
6 the complaint makes the existence of, or the
7 information contained in, the complaint public.
8 However, if either the complainant or party alleged to
9 have committed the violation requests that the meeting
10 to determine whether the complaint is valid be a
11 closed meeting and the filing of the complaint or the
12 contents of the complaint have not been disclosed, the
13 meeting shall be closed.
14 e. Notice of complaint. Upon receipt of the
15 complaint, the chief clerk of the house shall promptly
16 notify the chairperson and ranking member of the
17 ethics committee that a complaint has been filed and
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