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BOARD OF ETHICS HEARING RULES AND PROCEDURES Adopted on May 3, 2018 Implementing City Council Action of July 24, 2018 Pursuant to Section 804 of the Charter of the City or Riverside (Charter), and pursuant to Section 2.78.080 of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), the Board of Ethics hereby adopts hearing rules and procedures for the conduct of hearings before a Hearing Panel of the Board of Ethics on complaints of violation of RMC Chapter 2.78, copies of which shall be kept on file in the Office of the City clerk, where they shall be made available for public inspection and posted on the City’s website. 1. PURPOSE The purpose of these rules and procedures is to establish a uniform set of guidelines to be followed in a hearing on a complaint alleging a violation of RMC Chapter 2.78. At the discretion of the Presiding Authority, and when warranted by good cause, deviation from these rules and procedures are permissible. 2. CONSISTENCY WITH RMC CHAPTER 2.78 These rules and procedures are to be interpreted consistent with the language set forth in RMC Chapter 2.78. In the event of a discrepancy or conflict between these rules and procedures and the language of RMC Chapter 2.78, the language of RMC Chapter 2.78 shall govern. 3. HEARING PANEL A Hearing Panel shall be duly constituted from the members of the Board of Ethics pursuant to the procedures set forth in RMC Section 2.80.040. 4. DISQUALIFICATION No member of the Board of Ethics who is either the complainant or the respondent in a complaint of a violation of RMC Chapter 2.78 shall sit as a member of a Hearing Panel considering such complaint and must recuse themselves from participating as a member of that Hearing Panel. 5. PRESIDING AUTHORITY The Presiding Authority of a Hearing Panel shall be the Chair as determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in RMC Section 2.80.040. 1