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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 2TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 12SWORN COMPLAINTS
SUBCHAPTER BFILING AND INITIAL PROCESSING OF A COMPLAINT
RULE §12.51Non-Complying Complaint

(a) A complaint does not comply with the requirements of §571.122 of the Government Code if:

  (1) the complaint includes an allegation of conduct that the commission has previously determined is not a violation of a statute or rule within the commission's jurisdiction; and

  (2) before the complaint was filed the complainant was provided notice that such conduct is an invalid basis for an allegation.

(b) A complainant has been provided notice if, before a complaint is filed, the commission states the basis for rejecting an allegation in a written communication mailed to the complainant at the last address provided to the commission by the complainant, or in a written communication transmitted by electronic mail to the complainant at the last electronic mail address provided to the commission by the complainant.

(c) A complaint determined to be non-complying under subsection (a) of this section is presumed to be a frivolous or bad faith complaint.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.51 adopted to be effective September 26, 2012, 37 TexReg 7473

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