Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 19 - GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS COMMISSION
Article 5 - COMPLAINTS
Section 19-5-1 - Filing of complaint
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Any complainant shall sign and file with the commission a verified complaint in writing. Assistance in drafting and filing complaints shall be available through the commission and its staff.
(b) If a commissioner files a complaint, that commissioner shall be disqualified from the commission's consideration of the complaint. The commissioner shall have the rights, duties, and liabilities of a party to a proceeding thus initiated.
(c) The executive director shall file a complaint following the completion of an investigation conducted pursuant to K.A.R. 19-3, if in the executive director's judgment there is probable cause to believe that a provision of relevant law has been violated.
(d) The executive director shall file a complaint when any person has failed to file any report at the time and in the manner required by relevant law, unless the executive director finds that for good cause a complaint should not be filed. In either case, the executive director shall report to the commission at its next meeting.