RSA 14-B:4 Complaints; Procedures.

I. Each complaint shall be submitted in writing and signed under oath by the complainant. The sworn complaint shall be filed confidentially with the committee and shall contain the name and address of the complainant. The legislator, officer, or employee of the legislature complained against shall be furnished with a copy of the complaint and a copy shall be sent to each member of the committee for review. The committee shall initiate a complaint on its own motion against any individual the committee determines has not complied with the provisions of RSA 14-B:8. The committee shall promptly examine each sworn complaint and:
(a) If by an affirmative vote of at least 4 members it determines that a complaint is frivolous, scurrilous, or retaliatory in nature, fails to allege cond