House Journal: Page 222: Tuesday, February 4, 2003
10 section 68B.23 of the Code.
11 10. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED. Each member of the house
12 and the chief clerk of the house shall file the
13 personal financial disclosure statements required
14 under section 68B.35 of the Code by February 15 of
15 each year for the prior calendar year.
16 11. SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Members and employees of
17 the house shall not engage in conduct which
18 constitutes sexual harassment as defined in section
19 19B.12 of the Code or pursuant to the sexual
20 harassment policy adopted by the house committee on
21 administration and rules.
22 12. COMPLAINTS.
23 a. Filing of complaint. Complaints may be filed
24 by any person believing that a member or employee of
25 the house, a lobbyist, or a client of a lobbyist is
26 guilty of a violation of the house code of ethics, the
27 house rules governing lobbyists, or chapter 68B of the
28 Code.
29 b. Complaints by committee. The ethics committee
30 may initiate a complaint on its own motion. Committee
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1 complaints may be initiated by the committee as a
2 result of a committee investigation or as a result of
3 receipt of any complaint or other information that
4 does not meet the requirements of these rules
5 regarding the form of a complaint but that contains
6 allegations that would form the basis for a valid
7 complaint.
8 c. Form and contents of complaint. A complaint
9 shall be in writing.
10 Complaint forms shall be available from the chief
11 clerk of the house, but a complaint shall not be
12 rejected for failure to use the approved form if it
13 complies with the requirements of these rules. The
14 complaint shall contain a certification made by the
15 complainant, under penalty of perjury, that the facts
16 stated in the complaint are true to the best of the
17 complainant's knowledge.
18 To be valid, a complaint shall allege all of the
19 following:
20 (1) Facts, including the approximate date and
21 location of any event, incident, or transaction that,
22 if true, establish a violation of a provision of
23 chapter 68B of the Code, the house code of ethics, or
24 house rules governing lobbyists for which penalties or
25 other remedies are provided.
26 (2) That the conduct providing the basis for the
27 complaint occurred within three years of the filing of
28 the complaint.
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