Legislature(1993 - 1994)
01/19/1994 01:00 PM House JUD
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JOINT SENATE AND HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES
January 19, 1994
1:00 p.m.
SENATE MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Robin Taylor, Chairman
Senator Dave Donley
Senator Suzanne Little
SENATE MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Rick Halford, Vice-Chairman
Senator George Jacko
HOUSE MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Brian Porter, Chairman
Representative Pete Kott
Representative Joe Green
Representative Jim Nordlund
HOUSE MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Jeannette James, Vice-Chairman
Representative Gail Phillips (arrived later)
Representative Cliff Davidson
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative David Finkelstein
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
RECONFIRMATION HEARING: Shirley McCoy to the Select
Committee on Legislative Ethics.
ACTION NARRATIVE
SENATE TAPE 94-2, SIDE A
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CO-CHAIRMAN ROBIN TAYLOR called the Joint Senate/House
Judiciary Committee to order at 1:25 p.m., invited SHIRLEY
MCCOY to the table, and turned the meeting over to CO-
CHAIRMAN PORTER to begin the questioning.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER welcomed MS. MCCOY back to the
committee and directed her attention to a copy of the
minutes from her confirmation hearing of February 25, 1993.
He asked her if there were any answers to any questions from
last year that would be different from her responses last
year.
MS. MCCOY said there would be no changes.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER asked her if there had been any
significant event which had occurred in her life that might
affect her ability to be on the committee.
MS. MCCOY confirmed there had been none.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER had no further questions.
SENATOR TAYLOR called on SENATOR LITTLE who thanked MS.
MCCOY for her service on the Select Committee on Legislative
Ethics and expressed her appreciation for the work of the
committee.
SENATOR LITTLE questioned why MS. MCCOY was interested in
serving again.
MS. MCCOY explained the committee was in the midst of
finalizing matters started last year, and she thought it
would be difficult to have a new person join the committee
at this time. She said she felt good about the committee
and the part in which she played.
MS. MCCOY indicated the committee was not as time-consuming
as she had thought it might be, and she had good support
from both her home and office. She also wanted to follow
through on some cases that have been started.
SENATOR LITTLE asked MS. MCCOY if she saw any areas of the
ethics law that needed to be changed or clarified.
MS. MCCOY replied that numerous areas had been identified to
be addressed.
SENATOR LITTLE said she would look forward to their "tune-
up."
MS. MCCOY assured her the committee was working in that
direction.
SENATOR LITTLE asked MS. MCCOY about the role of the
committee regarding false complaints that might be made.
MS. MCCOY explained their first move would be to determine
whether or not it was a false complaint and then follow the
guidelines given to the ethics committee to verify their
findings.
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SENATOR LITTLE concluded by expressing her appreciation for
MS. MCCOY'S participation in the committee.
SENATOR TAYLOR called on REPRESENTATIVE NORDLUND who also
thanked MS. MCCOY for agreeing to serve another term on the
Select Committee on Ethics because he thought it was
important to preserve the continuity of the committee. He
asked what kinds of modifications to the ethics law she
would recommend.
MS. MCCOY declined to address any specific area of the law
at this time. She felt it was important to speak within the
body of the ethics committee.
REPRESENTATIVE NORDLUND asked if the ethics committee was
scheduled to meet on the process and procedure as opposed to
complaints.
MS. MCCOY said they were.
SENATOR LITTLE returned to ask MS. MCCOY if there should be
a time limit established between the time a complaint is
filed and the time the complaint is taken up by the
committee.
MS. MCCOY thought no one should be left hanging out and not
know how long before their case would be completed.
CO-CHAIRMAN PORTER moved that the joint committee pass the
name of SHIRLEY MCCOY on to the respective bodies for a
confirmation vote. There were no objections.
CO-CHAIRMAN TAYLOR thanked MS. MCCOY for her service and the
efforts of the ethics committee.
There being no further business to come before the
committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m. by CO-
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR.
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