Legislative Ethics Board Complaint Opinions
Type
Complaint Opinion
Date
11/1/2016
Number
2016 No. 10
Topic
Failure to take action requested by constituent – constitutional duty
Respondent
Angel
Question/Complaint

​Complaint asserts that legislators have a constitutional duty to take action as requested by constituents and by failing to do so legislators violate their constitutional obligations.

Summary

​RCW 42.52.320 defines the jurisdiction of the Board and the Ethics Act does not address constitutional allegations that a legislator is unresponsive to constituents.  Dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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