10-3-1311. Municipal ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations.
(1) A municipality may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint against an officer or a municipal employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.
(2) A person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint: with the municipal ethics commission, if a municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission in accordance with Title 63A, Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission, if the municipality has not established a municipal ethics commission. A municipality that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may: accept the complaint if the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section: 63A-15-201 regardless of whether the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission; or if the municipality has not established a municipal ethics commission.
(3) If the alleged ethics complaint is against a person who is a member of the municipal ethics commission, the complaint shall be filed with or forwarded to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.