SEC. 12A-8. DUTY TO REPORT VIOLATIONS.

   A person subject to this chapter shall immediately report any conduct that the person knows to be a violation of this chapter to the inspector general. Failure to report a violation of this chapter is a violation of this chapter. Any person who knowingly fails to report a violation of this chapter shall be subject to sanctions described in this chapter. For purposes of this section, a report made to the inspector general's Fraud, Waste, or Abuse hotline is considered a report under this section. (Ord. Nos.  32072; 32472)

Division 3. Ethics Commitments.

SEC. 12A-9. ETHICS TRAINING.

   (a)   All new city officials and new city employees shall receive ethics training within 30 days after being appointed to office or hired by the city. All current city officials and current city employees shall receive ethics training on an ongoing basis at least every two years.

   (b)   All city officials who are leaving city service shall receive ethics information concerning requirements for former city officials before the city official ends his or her city service. All city employees who are terminating their employment shall receive ethics information concerning requirements for former city employees before the city employee ends his or her employment with the city.

   (c)   The inspector general shall provide all lobbying registrants with ethics information within 30 days after registration. Each registrant shall provide their individual lobbyists with a copy of the ethics information.

   (d)   The chief integrity officer shall draft a statement for the office of procurement services relating to the applicability of this chapter to persons doing business with the city and to city officials and city employees who work with persons doing business with the city. The director of the office of procurement services shall publish on the city's website the statement from the chief integrity officer.

   (e)   This ethics training and information required by this section shall be made available in a format and medium as determined by the chief integrity officer. The chief integrity officer, in coordination with the city manager, city auditor, and city secretary's liaisons, shall structure ethics training and information to ensure that participants have the necessary knowledge to accomplish the statement of purpose in this chapter and comply with all applicable ethics laws. City officials and employees must demonstrate such knowledge by passing any required ethics training.

   (f)   Failure to receive ethics training, documents, or notices required by this section does not waive that person's duty to comply with this chapter or waive enforcement of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 32072; 32472)