Complaint Opinion 14-05 and 06
Date
09/02/2014
Number
Complaints 2014 No. 5 and No. 6
Topic
Legislator's Written Remarks
Respondent
Dahlquist and Hurst
Question/Complaint
Did alleged remarks which were characterized as bigoted, hateful and inflammatory, invoke the jurisdiction of the Legislative Ethics Board?
Summary
No. The Ethics Act does not address a legislator's remarks, which were expressed in an earlier ethics complaint, about certain faith-based organizations. Board cited precedents and dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.