NRS 281A.710 – Initiation of ethics complaint; form and contents; Commission may decline to render opinion under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.280, the Commission may render an opinion that interprets the statutory ethical standards and applies those standards to a given set of facts and circumstances regarding the propriety of the conduct of a public officer or employee if an ethics complaint is: (a) Filed by […]

NRS 281A.715 – Determination of jurisdiction and whether evidence warrants investigation; deadline and waiver; dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or insufficient evidence; initiation of investigation.

1. Based on the evidence submitted with an ethics complaint filed with the Commission pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Commission shall determine whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter. The Commission shall make its determination within 45 days after receiving the ethics complaint, unless the public […]

NRS 281A.720 – Investigation by Executive Director; notice of investigation; opportunity to submit response; deadline and extension; purpose of response; preservation of objections and defenses.

1. If the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate an ethics complaint pursuant to NRS 281A.715 or if the Commission initiates an ethics complaint on its own motion pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Executive Director shall investigate the facts and circumstances relating to the ethics complaint to determine whether the Executive Director believes that […]

NRS 281A.725 – Completion of investigation by Executive Director; presentation of written recommendation to review panel; deadline and waiver; contents of recommendation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Executive Director shall complete the investigation required by NRS 281A.720 and present a written recommendation to the review panel within 70 days after the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate the ethics complaint or after the Commission initiates the ethics complaint on its own motion, […]

NRS 281A.730 – Consideration of recommendation by review panel; determination of just and sufficient cause; deadline and waiver; record of proceedings; dismissal; approval of deferral agreement; referral to Commission for further proceedings.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the review panel shall determine whether there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter within 15 days after the Executive Director provides the review panel with the recommendation required by NRS 281A.725. The public officer or employee who is […]

NRS 281A.735 – Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings of review panel.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to: 1. Any meeting or hearing held by the review panel to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and 2. Any deliberations or actions of the review panel on such information or evidence. (Added to NRS by 2017, 2483)

NRS 281A.740 – Deferral agreements: Development; approval; enforcement; contents; terms and conditions; monitoring and documenting compliance; proceedings for noncompliance; dismissal of matter after satisfactory compliance.

1. In proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Executive Director and the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may develop a deferral agreement to defer further proceedings in the matter under the terms and conditions of the deferral agreement. 2. A deferral agreement does not become effective unless approved […]

NRS 281A.745 – Adjudicatory hearings: Powers and duties of Commission; deadline and waiver; procedural rights; evidence; use of telephone or video conference.

1. If the review panel refers an ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.730 or if the Commission vacates a deferral agreement and conducts further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.740, the Commission shall hold an adjudicatory hearing and render an opinion in the matter […]

NRS 281A.750 – Confidentiality of certain materials; exceptions; confidentiality of identity of certain requesters; disclosure of identity under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.755, all information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission, the review panel or their staff that are related to an ethics complaint are confidential and are not public records pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS until: (a) The review […]

NRS 281A.755 – Confidentiality of investigative file; exceptions; discovery request for list of proposed witnesses and certain portions of investigative file; contents of investigative file.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the investigative file related to an ethics complaint is confidential and is not a public record pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS. 2. At any time after being served with written notice of the determination of the review panel regarding the existence of just and sufficient cause […]

NRS 281A.760 – Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to certain proceedings of Commission.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to: 1. Any meeting or hearing held by the Commission to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and 2. Any deliberations of the Commission on such information or evidence. (Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)