Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Supreme Court, Ethics Commission Reach Tentative Pact

If the proposal is approved by the Ethics Commission at its meeting next Thursday in Reno, that'll resolve a commission lawsuit challenging the Supreme Court rule that judges' disclosure statements be filed with the high court's clerk.

Deputy Attorney General Louis Ling said the proposal has been approved by the Supreme Court already. He added the public will benefit from the agreement because all the disclosure statements will be available for review in one place.

The commission in December sued the Supreme Court because of its rule that judges file financial disclosure statements with the court instead of the commission.

The agreement will allow judges to continue filing their statements with the Supreme Court. But within 10 days of the filing deadline, the court must forward copies off the forms to the Ethics Commission office.

The deadline for the forms now required by the court, April 30, will be changed to march 31 to coincide with the commission's deadline for all other public officials.

The deadline won't be changed for judges this year since the March 31 date already has passed.

The commission will let the court use its own form, which sets a lower monetary threshold for reporting gifts than the form used by the commission for other elected officials.

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