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.
- Document
- ETHICSCOM2016.10 (PDF 163.98 Kilobytes)