House Journal: Page 227: Tuesday, February 4, 2003
4 recordings of committee action, and ultimate
5 disposition of the complaint. The chief clerk shall
6 keep each complaint confidential until public
7 disclosure is made by the ethics committee.
8 15. MEETING AUTHORIZATION. The house ethics
9 committee is authorized to meet at the discretion of
10 the committee chairperson in order to conduct hearings
11 and other business that properly may come before it.
12 If the committee submits a report seeking house action
13 against a member or employee of the house or lobbyist
14 after the second regular session of a general assembly
15 has adjourned sine die, the report shall be submitted
16 to and considered by the subsequent general assembly.
17 16. ADVISORY OPINIONS.
18 a. Requests for formal opinions. A request for a
19 formal advisory opinion may be filed by any person who
20 is subject to the authority of the ethics committee.
21 The ethics committee may also issue a formal advisory
22 opinion on its own motion, without having previously
23 received a formal request for an opinion, on any issue
24 that is within the jurisdiction of the committee.
25 Requests shall be filed with either the chief clerk of
26 the house or the chairperson of the ethics committee.
27 b. Form and contents of requests. A request for a
28 formal advisory opinion shall be in writing and may
29 pertain to any subject matter that is related to
30 application of the house code of ethics, the house
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1 rules governing lobbyists, or chapter 68B of the Code
2 to any person who is subject to the authority of the
3 ethics committee. Requests shall contain one or more
4 specific questions and shall relate either to future
5 conduct or be stated in the hypothetical. A request
6 for an advisory opinion shall not specifically name
7 any individual or contain any other specific
8 identifying information, unless the request relates to
9 the requester's own conduct. However, any request may
10 contain information which identifies the kind of
11 individual who may be affected by the subject matter
12 of the request. Examples of this latter kind of
13 identifying information may include references to
14 conduct of a category of individuals, such as but not
15 limited to conduct of legislators, legislative staff,
16 or lobbyists.
17 c. Confidentiality of formal requests and
18 opinions. Requests for formal opinions are not
19 confidential and any deliberations of the committee
20 regarding a request for a formal opinion shall be
21 public. Opinions issued in response to requests for
22 formal opinions are not confidential, shall be in
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