Lemley Philip (2): Alleged Violation of RCW 42.17A.710 for failure to disclose all sources of income or assets (May 20)

Case

#71001

Respondent

Philip Lemley

Complainant

Lillian Slovic

Description

The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) has completed its review of the complaint Lillian Slovic filed 
on May 27, 2020. The complaint alleged that Philip Lemley (Respondent), a City Council 
Member for the City of Richland may have violated RCW 42.17A.710 for failure to disclose all 
sources of income or assets. 

PDC staff reviewed the allegations; the applicable statutes, rules, and reporting requirements; the 
response provided by the Respondent and the applicable PDC reports filed by the Respondent to 
determine whether the record supports a finding of one or more violations. 

Based on staff’s review, we found the following: 
* Pursuant to RCW 42.17A.710 the Respondent is required to disclose all sources of 
income and assets on the Personal Financial Affairs Statement. 
* The Respondent filed their F-1 on April 15, 2020 for the reporting period January 1, 2019 
through December 31, 2019. 
* The F-1 report filed on April 15, 2020 did not include any sources of income. 
* The complaint was filed on May 27, 2020 and was sent to the Respondent on May 28, 
2020. 
* The Respondent completed the amendment to include all sources of income on the F-1 on 
May 28, 2020. 
* The Respondent does not have any violations with the PDC within the last five years. 

Based on our findings staff has determined that, in this instance, failure to timely and accurately 
disclose all sources of income and assets on the F-1 report covering 2019 does not amount to a 
violation that warrants further investigation. 

PDC staff is reminding Philip Lemley about the importance of the timely and accurate disclosure 
of all sources of income and assets on Personal Financial Affairs Statements, and the timely and 
accurate filing of all future PDC reports in accordance with the statutes and rules. 

Based on this information, the PDC finds that no further action is warranted and has dismissed 
this matter in accordance with RCW 42.17A.755(1).

Disposition

Case Closed with Reminder

Date Opened

May 28, 2020

Areas of Law

RCW 42.17A.710

Documents

• 71001 Lemley Philip Reminder Letter.pdf
• 71001 Lemley Philip Response.pdf
• 71001 Lemley Philip Complaint.pdf