No person shall willfully or corruptly make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any test held or certification or appointment made under the personnel provisions of this Charter or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such personnel provisions or the rules made thereunder. No person seeking appointment to or promotion in the classified service shall either directly or indirectly give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any person or seek or attempt to use any political endorsement of any elected official for or on account of or in connection with a test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion. No person shall, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any County employee, or for any consideration, use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position in the civil service, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment in any such position. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction of such violation, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than six months and such person shall for a period of five years be ineligible for appointment for a position in the County service.
(Bill No. 105-72; Bill No. 96-80; Res. No. 40-88)