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NV Rev Stat § 281A.715 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.715 - Determination of jurisdiction and whether evidence warrants investigation; deadline and waiver; dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or insufficient evidence; initiation of investigation.

  1. Based on the evidence submitted with an ethics complaint filed with the Commission pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Commission shall determine whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter. The Commission shall make its determination within 45 days after receiving the ethics complaint, unless the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint waives this time limit.  2. If the Commission determines that it does not have jurisdiction in the matter, the Commission shall dismiss the matter.  3. If the Commission determines that it has jurisdiction in the matter but the evidence submitted with the ethics complaint is not sufficient to warrant an investigation in the matter, the Commission shall dismiss the matter, with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.  4. If the Commission determines that it has jurisdiction in the matter and the evidence submitted with the ethics complaint is sufficient to warrant an investigation in the matter, the Commission may direct the Executive Director to investigate the ethics complaint pursuant to NRS 281A.720.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2481)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.720 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.720 - Investigation by Executive Director; notice of investigation; opportunity to submit response; deadline and extension; purpose of response; preservation of objections and defenses.

  1. If the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate an ethics complaint pursuant to NRS 281A.715 or if the Commission initiates an ethics complaint on its own motion pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Executive Director shall investigate the facts and circumstances relating to the ethics complaint to determine whether the Executive Director believes that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter in order to present a written recommendation to the review panel pursuant to NRS 281A.725.  2. The Executive Director shall provide notice of the investigation pursuant to this section to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint and provide the public officer or employee an opportunity to submit to the Executive Director a response to the allegations against the public officer or employee in the ethics complaint. The response must be submitted within 30 days after the date on which the public officer or employee receives the notice of the investigation pursuant to this section, unless the Executive Director grants an extension.  3. The purpose of the response submitted pursuant to this section is to provide the Executive Director and the review panel with any information relevant to the ethics complaint which the public officer or employee believes may assist:  (a) The Executive Director in performing his or her investigation and other functions pursuant to this section and NRS 281A.725; and  (b) The review panel in performing its review and other functions pursuant to NRS 281A.730.  4. The public officer or employee is not required in the response submitted pursuant to this section or in any proceedings before the review panel to assert, claim or raise any objection or defense, in law or fact, to the allegations against the public officer or employee, and no objection or defense, in law or fact, is waived, abandoned or barred by the failure to assert, claim or raise it in the response or in any proceedings before the review panel.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2481)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.725 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.725 - Completion of investigation by Executive Director; presentation of written recommendation to review panel; deadline and waiver; contents of recommendation.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Executive Director shall complete the investigation required by NRS 281A.720 and present a written recommendation to the review panel within 70 days after the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate the ethics complaint or after the Commission initiates the ethics complaint on its own motion, as applicable. The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may waive this time limit.  2. The recommendation must:  (a) Set forth the factual and legal basis for the recommendation;  (b) State whether the Executive Director believes that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter; and  (c) If the Executive Director believes that a disposition of the matter without an adjudicatory hearing is appropriate under the facts and circumstances, state any suggested disposition that is consistent with the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, whether the Executive Director believes that the conduct at issue may be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2482)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.730 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.730 - Consideration of recommendation by review panel; determination of just and sufficient cause; deadline and waiver; record of proceedings; dismissal; approval of deferral agreement; referral to Commission for further proceedings.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the review panel shall determine whether there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter within 15 days after the Executive Director provides the review panel with the recommendation required by NRS 281A.725. The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may waive this time limit.   2. The review panel shall cause a record of its proceedings to be kept.  3. The review panel shall not determine that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter unless the Executive Director has provided the public officer or employee an opportunity to respond to the allegations as required by NRS 281A.720.  4. If the review panel determines that there is not just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter, it shall dismiss the matter, with or without prejudice, and with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.  5. If the review panel determines that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter but reasonably believes that the conduct at issue may be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement, the review panel may:  (a) Approve a deferral agreement proposed by the Executive Director and the public officer or employee instead of referring the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter; or  (b) Authorize the Executive Director and the public officer or employee to develop such a deferral agreement and may thereafter approve such a deferral agreement instead of referring the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.  6. If the review panel does not approve a deferral agreement pursuant to subsection 5 or if the public officer or employee declines to enter into such a deferral agreement, the review panel shall refer the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.  7. If the review panel determines that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter and reasonably believes that the conduct at issue may not be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement, the review panel shall refer the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2482)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.735 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.735 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings of review panel.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to:  1. Any meeting or hearing held by the review panel to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and  2. Any deliberations or actions of the review panel on such information or evidence.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2483)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.745 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.745 - Adjudicatory hearings: Powers and duties of Commission; deadline and waiver; procedural rights; evidence; use of telephone or video conference.

  1. If the review panel refers an ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.730 or if the Commission vacates a deferral agreement and conducts further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.740, the Commission shall hold an adjudicatory hearing and render an opinion in the matter within 60 days after the date on which the review panel refers the ethics complaint to the Commission or the Commission vacates the deferral agreement, as appropriate, unless the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint waives this time limit.  2. If the Commission holds an adjudicatory hearing to receive evidence concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission shall:  (a) Notify the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint of the date, time and place of the hearing;  (b) Allow the public officer or employee to be represented by legal counsel; and  (c) Allow the public officer or employee to hear the evidence presented to the Commission and to respond and present evidence on his or her own behalf.  3. Unless the public officer or employee agrees to a shorter time, an adjudicatory hearing may not be held less than 10 days after the date on which the notice of the hearing is given to the public officer or employee.  4. For good cause shown, the Commission may take testimony from a person by telephone or video conference at an adjudicatory hearing or at any other proceedings concerning the ethics complaint.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2484)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.750 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.750 - Confidentiality of certain materials; exceptions; confidentiality of identity of certain requesters; disclosure of identity under certain circumstances.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.755, all information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission, the review panel or their staff that are related to an ethics complaint are confidential and are not public records pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS until:  (a) The review panel determines whether there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter and serves written notice of its determination on the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint; or  (b) The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint authorizes the Commission, in writing, to make the information, communications, records, documents or other materials that are related to the ethics complaint publicly available,  whichever occurs first.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a person who files an ethics complaint asks that his or her identity as the requester be kept confidential, the Commission:  (a) Shall keep the identity of the requester confidential if he or she is a public officer or employee who works for the same public body, agency or employer as the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint.  (b) May keep the identity of the requester confidential if he or she offers sufficient facts and circumstances showing a reasonable likelihood that disclosure of his or her identity will subject the requester or a member of his or her household to a bona fide threat of physical force or violence.  3. If the Commission keeps the identity of the requester confidential, the Commission shall not render an opinion in the matter unless there is sufficient evidence without the testimony of the requester to consider the propriety of the conduct of the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint. If the Executive Director intends to present the testimony of the requester as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter and the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint submits a written discovery request to the Commission pursuant to NRS 281A.755, the Commission shall disclose the name of the requester only as a proposed witness within a reasonable time before the adjudicatory hearing on the matter.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2484)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.755 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.755 - Confidentiality of investigative file; exceptions; discovery request for list of proposed witnesses and certain portions of investigative file; contents of investigative file.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the investigative file related to an ethics complaint is confidential and is not a public record pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.  2. At any time after being served with written notice of the determination of the review panel regarding the existence of just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter, the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may submit a written discovery request to the Commission for a list of proposed witnesses and a copy of any portion of the investigative file that the Executive Director intends to present as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter.  3. Any portion of the investigative file which the Executive Director presents as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter becomes a public record and must be open for inspection pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.  4. For the purposes of this section:  (a) The investigative file includes, without limitation:  (1) Any response concerning the ethics complaint prepared by the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.720 and submitted to the Executive Director and the review panel during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel;  (2) Any recommendation concerning the ethics complaint prepared by the Executive Director pursuant to NRS 281A.725 and submitted to the review panel during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel; and  (3) Any other information provided to or obtained by or on behalf of the Executive Director through any form of communication during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel and any records, documents or other materials created or maintained during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel which relate to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint, including, without limitation, a transcript, regardless of whether such information, records, documents or other materials are obtained pursuant to a subpoena.   (b) The investigative file does not include any deferral agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2485)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.760 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.760 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to certain proceedings of Commission.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to:  1. Any meeting or hearing held by the Commission to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and  2. Any deliberations of the Commission on such information or evidence.   (Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.765 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.765 - Opinions must include findings of fact and conclusions of law; dismissal of matter if violation not proven; authorized actions if violation proven.

  1. If the Commission renders an opinion in proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the opinion must include findings of fact and conclusions of law.  2. If, in proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission determines that a violation of this chapter:  (a) Has not been proven, the Commission shall dismiss the matter, with or without prejudice, and with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.  (b) Has been proven, the Commission may take any action authorized by this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.770 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.770 - General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements.

In any matter in which the Commission disposes of an ethics complaint by stipulation, agreed settlement or consent order or in which the review panel approves a deferral agreement, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, shall treat comparable situations in a comparable manner and shall ensure that the disposition of the matter bears a reasonable relationship to the severity of the violation or alleged violation.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3764; A 2017, 2500) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 281A.465)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.775 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.775 - Additional standards for determining whether violation is willful violation and type of penalty imposed and for approving deferral agreements.

 1. The Commission, in determining whether a violation of this chapter is a willful violation and, if so, the penalty to be imposed on a public officer or employee or former public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.785 or 281A.790, or the review panel, in determining whether to approve a deferral agreement regarding an alleged violation, shall consider, without limitation:  (a) The seriousness of the violation or alleged violation, including, without limitation, the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation or alleged violation;  (b) The number and history of previous warnings, letters of caution or instruction, deferral agreements or violations or alleged violations of the provisions of this chapter relating to the public officer or employee;  (c) The cost to conduct the investigation and any meetings, hearings or other proceedings relating to the violation or alleged violation;  (d) Any mitigating factors, including, without limitation, any self-reporting, prompt correction of the violation or alleged violation, any attempts to rectify the violation or alleged violation before any ethics complaint is filed and any cooperation by the public officer or employee in resolving the ethics complaint;  (e) Any restitution or reimbursement paid to parties affected by the violation or alleged violation;  (f) The extent of any financial gain resulting from the violation or alleged violation; and  (g) Any other matter justice may require.  2. The factors set forth in this section are not exclusive or exhaustive, and the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, may consider other factors in the disposition of the matter if they bear a reasonable relationship to the determination of the severity of the violation or alleged violation.  3. In applying the factors set forth in this section, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, shall treat comparable situations in a comparable manner and shall ensure that the disposition of the matter bears a reasonable relationship to the severity of the violation or alleged violation.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3765; A 2015, 921; 2017, 2500) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 281A.475)
NV Rev Stat § 281A.780 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government|NRS 281A.780 - Letters of caution or instruction: Contents; confidentiality; effect on subsequent ethics complaints.

  1. In proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, may issue a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint to caution or instruct the public officer or employee regarding the propriety of his or her conduct under the statutory ethical standards set forth in this chapter.  2. If the Commission or the review panel issues a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee, the letter:  (a) Is confidential and is not a public record pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.  (b) May be considered in deciding the appropriate action to be taken on any subsequent ethics complaint involving the public officer or employee, unless the letter is not relevant to the issues presented by the subsequent ethics complaint.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
NV Rev Stat § 282.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths|NRS 282.010 - Oaths and official bonds of officers; when term of office begins.

  1. Members of the Legislature and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, provide the official bond required by law, when such bond shall be required, and take and subscribe to the official oath.  2. All officers elected, except Senators and members of the Assembly, shall qualify, and execute and deliver their official bonds when required, as provided in this section, prior to the Tuesday after the first Monday in January ensuing their election.  3. All officers appointed to fill vacancies, in the cases provided by law, shall qualify and give bond when required, within 30 days from the time of their appointment.  4. The term of office of all officers, elected or appointed, shall begin from the time of their qualification, unless some other express provision is made by law.  [22:108:1866; B § 2620; BH § 1657; C § 1803; RL § 2786; NCL § 4786]
NV Rev Stat § 282.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths|NRS 282.020 - Form of official oath.

Members of the Legislature and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe to the following oath:  I, ........................., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States, and the Constitution and government of the State of Nevada, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any state notwithstanding, and that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office of ................, on which I am about to enter; (if an oath) so help me God; (if an affirmation) under the pains and penalties of perjury.  [1:185:1915; 1919 RL § 2891; NCL § 4925]
NV Rev Stat § 282.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths|NRS 282.030 - No fee to be charged for administering and certifying oath.

No fees shall be charged by any person for administering and certifying the oath of office.  [37:49:1883; BH § 2378; C § 2502; RL § 2039; NCL § 2970]
NV Rev Stat § 282.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths|NRS 282.040 - Form.

All official bonds required by law of officers shall be:  1. In form joint and several.  2. Made payable to the State of Nevada.  3. In such penal sum and with such conditions as may be required by law.  [1:135:1865; B § 2917; BH § 1738; C § 1892; RL § 2868; NCL § 4890]