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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 2TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 12SWORN COMPLAINTS
SUBCHAPTER BFILING AND INITIAL PROCESSING OF A COMPLAINT
RULE §12.61Statement of Facts

(a) The alleged facts must provide sufficient detail to reasonably place the respondent on notice of the law violated and of the manner and means by which the violation allegedly occurred and to afford the respondent a basis on which to prepare a response.

(b) The facts alleged must disclose the specific date or dates on which the alleged violation occurred, if that date is known to the complainant. If the complainant is unable to provide a specific date for the violation, the complaint must disclose a specific period of time during which the alleged violation may have occurred.

(c) The facts alleged may adopt by reference the content of documents submitted with the complaint. However, the allegations must reasonably identify those portions of the document that are relevant to the alleged violation.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.61 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9711; amended to be effective July 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 6251

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