House Study Bill 300 PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ETHICS RESOLUTION 1 3 BY CHAIRPERSON RAECKER) 1 4 A Resolution amending the House code of ethics. 1 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That Rule 1 6 12, paragraph c, of the House Code of Ethics, as adopted by 1 7 the House of Representatives during the 2005 Session in House 1 8 Resolution 7, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 c. Form and contents of complaint. A complaint shall be 1 10 in writing. 1 11 Complaint forms shall be available from the chief clerk of 1 12 the house, but a complaint shall not be rejected for failure 1 13 to use the approved form if it complies with the requirements 1 14 of these rules. The complaint shall contain a certification 1 15 made by the complainant, under penalty of perjury, that the 1 16 facts stated in the complaint are true to the best of the 1 17 complainant's knowledge. 1 18 To be valid, a complaint shall allege all of the following: 1 19 (1) Facts,including the approximate date and location of 1 20 any event, incident, or transaction that,that if true, 1 21 establish a violation of a provision of chapter 68B of the 1 22 Code, the house code of ethics, or house rules governing 1 23 lobbyists for which penalties or other remedies are provided. 1 24 (2) That the conduct providing the basis for the complaint 1 25 occurred within three years of the filing of the complaint. 1 26 (3) That the party charged with a violation is amember or 1 27 employee of the house, a lobbyist, or a client of a lobbyist1 28 party subject to the jurisdiction of the ethics committee. 1 29 LSB 3596HC 81 1 30 tm:rj/gg/14