The Nevada Commission on Ethics will hold a hearing June 30 to determine whether Pahrump Town Board Chairman Laurayne Murray violated the law by failing to comply fully with disclosure requirements it had previously set forth.

The hearing is in response to a complaint filed by former town board member Paul Willis.

Willis alleged that Murray acted unethically in choosing to attend a closed session at a regularly scheduled board meeting March 11 during which her husband, Tim Murray, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters local, made a presentation.

According to the ethics commission executive report, its investigation found Murray did not err in attending the closed session because it did not address any bargaining issues between the firefighter's local and the town.

"The fact that the subject of the closed session appears to be regarding a personnel issue not related to the Murrays would support the fact that there was no unwarranted privilege for Murray to secure or grant for herself or her husband," the report states.

However, the commission did find Murray might have incurred two potential violations.

The first involves the nature of Murray's disclosure.

Board Member Don Rust told Murray during the open session of the March 11 meeting that she should abstain from attending the closed session and, if she did not, he would not attend.

Rust kept his promise and sat outside Room B of the Bob Ruud Community Center while the closed session took place.

Murray read a disclosure statement in response stating her relationship with Tim Murray and that the closed session would not benefit or be a detriment to her materially.

However, the commission found the disclosure may not have been enough.

"A fellow board member, Rust, was not clear as to whether Murray had a conflict sufficient to require her to abstain from participating in the closed session," the report states. "Therefore, Murray's disclosure and required analysis may have fallen short of the requirement to disclose sufficient information concerning her commitment or interest to inform the public of the potential effect of the action or abstention of her or husband."

In addition, because the previously issued opinion strongly urged Murray to abstain from attending closed sessions with the IAFF to avoid "the appearance of impropriety," by attending the meeting Murray may have failed to comply with that binding opinion.

"The potential exists that the March 11, 2008, closed session creates the same appearance of impropriety as a closed session involving labor negotiations in general," the report states.