(A) The Board of Ethics or the designated administrative official, shall notify, by certified mail, each person required to file a statement of financial interests who fails to file the statement by the due date, files an incomplete statement, or files a statement on a form other than that prescribed by the Board. The notice shall specify the type of failure or delinquency, shall establish a date by which the failure or delinquency shall be remedied, and shall advise the person of the penalties for a violation.
(B) Any person who fails or refuses to file a statement or who fails or refuses to remedy any deficiency as to the filing identified in the notice under subsection (A) within the time period established in the notice, shall be guilty of a civil offense and shall be subject to a civil fine as imposed by the Board in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, up to a maximum total civil fine of five hundred dollars ($500). Any civil fine imposed by the Board under this section may be recovered by the city in a civil action, in the nature of debt, if the offender fails or refuses to pay the penalty within the prescribed period of time.
(C) Any person who intentionally files a statement of financial interests which he knows to contain false information or intentionally omits required information, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Ord. 523-1994, passed 11-23-94)