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ID SR107
Resolution
Status
2/25/2020
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary and Rules Committee
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AI Summary
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Repeals Rule 52 of the Idaho Senate Rules relating to certain mailing procedures.
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Redesignates former Rule 53 as Rule 532 (Committee on Ethics) and adds provisions clarifying that material violations include disclosure of confidential preliminary investigation information or written complaints, with exceptions for private communications with majority or minority leadership.
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Establishes that ethics complaints must be in writing, signed, and verified, containing allegations of conduct unbecoming a Senator, material rule violations, conflicts of interest violations, or violations of state law bringing discredit to the Senate.
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Creates a six-member ethics committee appointed by the President Pro Tempore, with three members requiring concurrence from the opposite party's leader, to investigate complaints and recommend dismissal, reprimand, censure, or expulsion.
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Redesignates former Rule 54 as Rule 543 (Contest of Election Procedures) with procedures governing election contests, including deadlines for submitting records and memoranda to the Secretary of State and committee hearing procedures.
Legislative Description
Repeals Rule 52 relating to certain mailing; amends Rule 53 to provide for material violations regarding certain complaints and to provide that private communications with leadership shall not be construed as violating certain confidentiality requirements; and amends Rule 54 to redesignate the rule number.
RULES OF THE SENATE
Last Action
Filed in Office of Secretary of Senate
2/26/2020