Post by pavel on Feb 16, 2016 5:54:18 GMT -6
SANTA FE – A House-approved attempt to create a New Mexico ethics commission that would investigate complaints against legislators, other elected officials and lobbyists ran into a thicket of technical questions in its first Senate committee Monday.
However, at least one senator insisted he wasn’t trying to kill the measure with his critiques – which included questions about how long terms for ethics commission members would be.
“We’re going to take a look at the language and make sure we get it right,” Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, told reporters after Monday’s hearing in the Senate Rules Committee.
The proposed ethics commission, House Joint Resolution 5, was sparked by recent scandals involving New Mexico elected officials.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/724408/news/ethics-panel-bill-draws-questions.html
However, at least one senator insisted he wasn’t trying to kill the measure with his critiques – which included questions about how long terms for ethics commission members would be.
“We’re going to take a look at the language and make sure we get it right,” Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, told reporters after Monday’s hearing in the Senate Rules Committee.
The proposed ethics commission, House Joint Resolution 5, was sparked by recent scandals involving New Mexico elected officials.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/724408/news/ethics-panel-bill-draws-questions.html