(A) The Barren River Board of Ethics, or the Records Administrator, shall notify by certified mail each person required to file a financial disclosure statement who fails to file the statement by the due date, files an incomplete statement or files a statement in a form other than 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 the financial disclosure statement or who fails or refuses to remedy a deficiency in 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 imposed by the Board in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day, up to a maximum total civil fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Any civil fine imposed by the Board under this section may be recovered by the city in a civil action in the nature of a debt if the offender fails to pay the penalty within a prescribed period of time. All pay and benefits of a city government officer shall be withheld until a non-complying individual is in compliance with the filing requirements. All fines imposed and collected may be used to offset the costs of any related proceedings.
(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. 94-15, passed 12-8-94)
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Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 26.999