D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
Chapter 3-54. BOARD OF ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY: ADVERSARIAL HEARINGS, APPEALS, AND ADVISORY OPINIONS |
Section 3-5403. DISMISSAL OF MERITLESS CLAIM, COMPLAINT, OR REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION
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5403.1The Board may dismiss, at any stage of the proceedings, any claim, complaint, request for investigation, investigation, or portion of an investigation that the Ethics Board finds to be without merit.
5403.2The Ethics Board may require a person who made or caused to be made a claim, complaint, or request for investigation in bad faith and without merit to pay reasonable fees for time spent reviewing or investigating the claim, complaint, or request for investigation including reasonable attorney’s fees for the individual wrongfully named in the claim, complaint, or request for investigation.
authority
Section 209 of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of 2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01 et seq.) (2012 Supp.)).
source
Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 747 (January 25, 2013).