(A) Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injures, intimidates, or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with:
(1) Any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or handicapped status, and because he or she is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings;
(2) Any person because he or she is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from:
(a) Participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or handicapped status in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in division (A)(1) above; or
(b) Affording another person or class of person opportunity or protection so to participate.
(3) Any citizen because he or she is or has been, or in order to discourage such citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in division (A)(1) above, or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate; shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results, shall be fined not more then $10,000, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results, shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
(B) Any employee of the Chief Executive Officer who shall make public any information in violation of § 96.22(A) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year.
(C) Any person who willfully fails or neglects to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce records, documents, or other evidence in violation of § 96.23, if in his or her power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful order of the Chief Executive Officer shall be fined no more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any person who, with intent thereby to mislead the Chief Executive Officer, shall make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report, account, record, or other document submitted to the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to his or her subpoena or other order, or shall willfully neglect or fail to make or cause to be made full, true, and correct entries in such reports, accounts, records, or other documents, or shall willfully mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned nor more than one year, or both.
(1995 Code, § 96.99) (Ord. passed 10-14-1993)