1. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.280, the Commission may render an opinion that interprets the statutory ethical standards and applies those standards to a given set of facts and circumstances regarding the propriety of the conduct of a public officer or employee if an ethics complaint is:

   1. (a) Filed by a specialized or local ethics committee established pursuant to NRS 281A.350.
   2. (b) Filed by any person, except a person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility in this State or any other jurisdiction.
   3. (c) Initiated by the Commission on its own motion, except the Commission shall not initiate such an ethics complaint based solely upon an anonymous complaint.

2. 2. An ethics complaint filed by a person must be:

   1. (a) Verified under oath and filed on a form prescribed by the Commission; and
   2. (b) Submitted with sufficient evidence to support the allegations in order for the Commission to make a determination of whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.715 and 281A.720.
3. 3. The Commission may decline to render an opinion if the person who files the ethics complaint does not submit all necessary evidence in the matter.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2480)