(a) If a public employee does not file a complete financial disclosure statement when required to under Section 19A-18, the Chief Administrative Officer (for employees in the Executive Branch) or the Executive Director of the Office of the County Council (for employees in the Legislative Branch) may remove the employee from employment with a County agency or from membership on a board, commission or similar body, paid or unpaid. Before an employee is removed for failing to file a financial disclosure statement, the County Attorney must give the employee 30 days notice of the proposed removal. The Chief Administrative Officer and the Executive Director of the Office of the County Council must not remove an employee if the employee files the required financial disclosure statement within the time specified in the notice. This section does not apply to an elected public employee.
(b) In addition to any action taken under subsection (a), the Commission may impose a fine of $2 per day, up to a maximum of $250, against any person who does not file a complete financial disclosure statement on or before the date it is due. Within 30 days after a fine is imposed under this subsection, the person against whom the fine is assessed may file a written request with the Commission to reduce or waive the fine for good cause. (1990 L.M.C., ch. 21, § 1; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 2013 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 2018 L.M.C., ch. 3, §1.)