Section 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) A person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint: (i) with the municipal ethics commission, if a municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or(ii) 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.(b) A municipality that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may: (i) accept the complaint if the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or(ii) forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201:(A) regardless of whether the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission; or(B) 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.Amended by Chapter 443, 2024 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 461, 2018 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 202, 2012 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2012.Enacted by Chapter 57, 1981 General Session