(A) Any violation of § 36.02 shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor, and upon conviction, the court may void any contract entered into in violation thereof. Additionally, such a violation shall be grounds for removal from office or from employment with the city in accordance with any applicable provisions of state law and ordinances, rules or regulations of the city, or other remedies as set forth in §§ 36.08(H)(1) through (H)(5), as determined by the Commission.
(B) Any person who fails to or refuses to file the financial disclosure statement under § 36.03 above, or who fails or refuses to remedy a deficiency in the filing of a financial disclosure statement under § 36.03 within the time period required, shall be guilty of a civil offense and shall be subject to a civil fine imposed by the Commission in an amount not to exceed $25 per day, up to a maximum total civil fine of $500. Any civil fine imposed by the Commission 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 financial disclosure statement under § 36.03 above which he or she knows to contain false information or intentionally omits required information shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or other remedies as set forth in §§ 36.08(H)(1) through (H)(5), as determined by the Commission.
(D) Any person who knowingly files with the Commission a false complaint alleging a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or other remedies as set forth in § 36.08(H)(1) through (H)(5), as determined by the Commission.
(E) Except when another penalty is specifically set forth in this chapter, any officer or employee of the city or one of its agencies who is found by the Commission to have violated any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a civil offense and may be subject to a civil fine imposed by the Commission not to exceed $1,000 which may be recovered by the city in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender fails to pay the penalty in a prescribed period of time.
(F) In addition to all other penalties which may be imposed under this chapter, any officer or employee of the city or one of its agencies who is found by the Commission to have violated any provision of this chapter shall forfeit to the city an amount equal to the economic benefit or gain which the officer or employee is determined by the Commission to have realized as the result of the violation. The amount of any forfeiture that may be recovered by the city is a civil action in the nature of debt, if the offender fails to pay the amount of the forfeiture within a prescribed period of time.
(G) In addition to all other penalties which may be imposed in this chapter any officer or employee of the city or one of its agencies who is found by the Commission to have violated any provisions of this chapter shall be subject to removal, suspension, demotion or other disciplinary action as determined by the Mayor.
(1992 Code, § 37.99) (Ord. 01-2011, passed 2-15-2011)