More than a year after state leaders passed what they called "landmark" ethics legislation, the commission that is supposed to make sure legislators aren't breaking the law is itself not following the law.
The legislation called for reorganizing the Legislative Ethics Committee into the Legislative Ethics Commission, as well as appointing a nine-member board of legislators and non-legislators, building a Web site and posting generic advisory opinions of the commission to the Web, among other things.
On nearly all fronts, the commission has so far failed to implement the law.
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