Complaint Opinion 16-10
Date
11/01/2016
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.