§84-17.5  Disclosure files; disposition.  (a)  All financial disclosure statements filed by a legislator, employee, or delegate to a constitutional convention shall be maintained by the state ethics commission for a period of six years from the date of the financial disclosure statement's filing.  Upon the expiration of the six-year period, the financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof may be destroyed.

     (b)  Upon the expiration of six years after an election for which a candidate for state elective office or a constitutional convention has filed a financial disclosure statement, the state ethics commission may destroy the candidate's financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof.

     (c)  Financial disclosure statements provided for in section 84-17(d) shall cease to be public records once the six-year period in subsection (a) or (b) has run.

     (d)  Nothing herein shall bar the state ethics commission from retaining a financial disclosure statement or copy of a financial disclosure statement that has become part of a charge case or advisory opinion request, or is part of an ongoing investigation. [L 1989, c 219, §1; am L 1993, c 27, §1; am L 1997, c 49, §1; am L 2019, c 120, §3; am L 2023, c 9, §2]

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  The 2023 amendment applies to all disclosures that were filed before March 31, 2023, and that are in the state ethics commission's possession and control.  L 2023, c 9, §4.