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SANTA FE – A hearing officer for the State Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint that accused House Speaker Brian Egolf of failing to disclose a conflict of interest when he pushed for civil rights legislation earlier this year.
In a nine-page opinion, the hearing officer – James Starzynski, a retired judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Mexico – said the complaint failed to state the necessary facts to “support a claim upon which relief can be granted.”
The complaint, he noted, didn’t cite the state law that covers financial-disclosure requirements for legislators or any disclosures Egolf filed under that law. Egolf, a Santa Fe Democrat, said he was pleased to hear of the ruling Wednesday. He believes the complaint was intended to interfere with his push to enact a state Civil Rights Act in the 2021 legislative session.
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