LITTLE ROCK -- An ethics complaint was filed Monday against Mike Huckabee accusing the former Arkansas governor of violating state law by not revealing donors to a private fund used to raise money for his official portrait. Jim Parsons if Bella Vista, a self-described gadfly, said he filed the complaint accusing the Republican presidential hopeful of violating a 2001 law requiring the governor to report donors of gifts he receives on behalf of the state.

Ethics commission director Graham Sloan said Monday he is prohibited by state law from discussing matters before the panel.

The state Department of Finance and Administration helped manage for Huckabee's office a private special events fund, which has since closed. Two donors said they gave money to the fund for Huckabee's portrait, but a report filed with the state's Ethics Commission lists the portrait's artist as the sole donor.

Huckabee's financial interest statements, filed with the secretary of state's office, lists no donation to the special events fund or for a portrait.

Huckabee last week said he would have no problem with the fund's donors being revealed, but his campaign has not released the list of contributors. Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for Huckabee's campaign, did not immediately respond to a call or an e-mail seeking comment Monday.

Parsons has filed numerous ethics complaints against politicians over the years and the Ethics Commission last year dismissed two complaints he filed against Huckabee over the destruction of hard drives from the former governor's office.

Parsons has since filed a lawsuit against Huckabee over the hard drives in Pulaski County Court, and a judge last year denied Parsons' Freedom of Information Act claim against Huckabee. The judge did not rule on the rest of Parsons' lawsuit that also alleged Huckabee illegally used government funds to crush the hard drives and to help the Mexican government locate a consulate in Little Rock.