Regulation 1001.1 - Limitations Period on Filing of Complaint
520-RICR-00-00-3 INACTIVE RULE
Title | 520 | Ethics Commission |
Chapter | 00 | N/A |
Subchapter | 00 | N/A |
Part | 3 | Regulation 1001.1 - Limitations Period on Filing of Complaint |
Type of Filing | Adoption |
Regulation Status | Inactive |
Effective | 06/26/2013 to 05/25/2018 |
Regulation Authority:
R.I. Const., art. III, sec. 8; R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-14-9
Purpose and Reason:
The purpose of this regulation is to adopt a strict limitations period for the filing of a Complaint with the Ethics Commission. As a result of comments received and considered, the Ethics Commission rejected Options B & C and voted to adopt Option A, which is a strict limitations period with no period of repose or discovery rule. Furthermore, as a result of comments received and considered, an originally proposed statutory period of ten (10) years was lowered to a period of six (6) years in the final adopted regulation.
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