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Assembly Judiciary Chairman Horne, Ethics Violation Complaint

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I looked up the Assembly Jornal for the day that Senate Bill 231 was first read to the assembly and assigned to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. At the time the motion was carried, nothing was entered into the journal to indicate that a conflict of interest may exist, pursuant to Rule 23;

9. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, if a Legislator knows he has a
conflict of interest pursuant to subsection 8, the Legislator shall make a general
disclosure of the conflict of interest on the record in a meeting of a committee or on the
floor of the Assembly, as applicable. Such a disclosure must be entered:
(a) If the Legislator makes the disclosure in a meeting of a committee, in the
minutes for that meeting.
(b) If the Legislator makes the disclosure on the floor of the Assembly, in the
Journal.
10. If, on one or more prior occasions during the current session of the Legislature,
a Legislator has made a general disclosure of a conflict of interest on the record in a
meeting of a committee or on the floor of the Assembly, the Legislator is not required to
make that general disclosure at length again regarding the same conflict of interest if,
when the matter in question arises on subsequent occasions, the Legislator makes a
reference on the record to the previous disclosure.
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IAW rule 23, if a general disclosure has already been made, the legislator must make reference to the general disclosure that has already been recorded. In the Assembly Journal, SB231 was mentioned twice, and in neither event was a conflict of interest disclosed or referenced;

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER, Carson City, May 28, 2011
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Assembly
Bill No. 98.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate amended, and on this
day passed, as amended, Assembly Bill No. 198, Amendment No. 611; Assembly Bill No. 304,
Amendment No. 747, and respectfully requests your honorable body to concur in said
amendments.
— 46 —​
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed, as
amended, Senate Bill No. 231.
SHERRY L. RODRIGUEZ
Assistant Secretary of the Senate​
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and again...

INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
Senate Bill No. 231.
Assemblyman Conklin moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Motion carried.
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The scary thing is the fact that the Chair of the Assembly Ethics committee was the one who moved to have SB231 assigned to the Judiciary Committee. Is it possible that he did so because he knew a conflict of interest existed? could we have uncovered a deeper issue here? And why the hell havn't the minutes for the Judiciary Committee Hearing of SB231 been made public yet? But I'm sending in a NORA request to get them. I suspect there is a reason the minutes haven't been published, they contain information that can be used to bolster our case.

NORA request
 
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US Supreme Court upholds ethics law against Sparks councilman Carrigan

http://www.rgj.com/article/20110613...n-Carrigan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld a Nevada ethics law that governs when lawmakers should refrain from voting on official business because they might have a conflict of interest.

The court ruled unanimously Monday in upholding the application of the law against Sparks city council member Mike Carrigan, who voted on a casino project even though his campaign manager served as a project consultant.


The Nevada Supreme Court had struck down the law, saying it violated the council member’s free speech rights.


The ethics law lays out various relationships that should disqualify an official from voting, including the official’s relatives and business associates.
 
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I am actually a constituent of Asm Horne (I live in his district). I contacted him every day for a week leading up to the end of the session, with no response. At the time, I was unaware of his conflict of interests. I too will file this complaint, and I will be doing so as his actual constituent. I am furious over this.

I am tired of voting "None of these" for my assembly spot. Can we get someone viable to run against this guy?
 
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Cross posted to NV Shooters

I received call backs from both Senator Lee and Assemblyman Hansen, both were unaware that Chairman Horn was either an adjunct professor or that he serves on the Advisory Committee for the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at UNLV. Neither of them are aware that he made any declaration or reference to a declaration that a conflict of interests may exist.

If you have been waiting to file a complaint, please do so ASAP!
 
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I sent my complaint today. I copied local news media as well. Maybe one of them will pick up on the story.

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I assume there has been no response to anyone's complaints? I have not heard back on my filing.

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