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§ 39.27 ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
   (A)   No reward, favor, gift or other form of payment shall be received by any City official or employee for the performance or non-performance of his or her duties from any vendor, contractor, individual or firm doing business with the City or who can be reasonably anticipated to do business with the City in the future or from any other source having or proposing to have any relationship with the City.
   (B)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an occasional, non-pecuniary gift insignificant in value; a meal, unless received on a regular or ongoing basis, an award publicly presented in recognition of public service, for acts of heroism or for solving of crimes; or a commercially reasonable loan made in the ordinary course of business by an institution authorized by the laws of the state to engage in the business of making loans or a lawful contribution made to a political campaign, as long as the same are reported.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.150)
§ 39.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
   (B)   Any person who intentionally files a statement of financial interest which he or she knows to contain false information or intentionally omits required information or any person who fails or refuses to file the statement or who fails or refuses to remedy a deficiency in the filing so identified, within the time period established in the notice, as provided in § 39.11, shall be guilty of a civil offense and shall be subject to a civil fine imposed by the Board of not less than $25 nor more than $500, for each offense. 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 a prescribed period of time.
   (C)   Violation of any of the provisions of §§ 39.25 et seq. by any City official or employee is grounds for any type of disciplinary action, including dismissal.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.170)