Ethics panel says Boggs accepted deal

CARSON CITY -- Former Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs has agreed to a tentative proposal that would keep her from being fined by the state Ethics Commission for not listing in financial disclosure forms her involvement in a company.

Patty Cafferata, executive director of the Ethics Commission, said Wednesday that the commission's staff had offered Boggs a stipulated agreement that would require her to admit an "unwillful violation" of state ethics law. Cafferata said Boggs has agreed to the offer.

"That is our offer," Cafferata said. "If it is an unwilling violation, there is no civil penalty."

But the Ethics Commission is not bound to accept the agreement when it meets at 1 p.m. today to hear the case against Boggs.

Cafferata said the commission could accept or modify the offer, or conduct a full-fledged hearing on the allegations against the former commissioner.

Boggs, while on the County Commission, didn't mention in two financial disclosure statements that she was an officer in Star LLC, according to the commission's investigation.

State law requires officials to list each business in which they are involved.

Boggs argued in a January response to the investigation that her omission of her ties to Star was "unintentional and an oversight."

She also pointed out that information about her relationship with the company was public record available from the secretary of state's office.