§ 39.40  NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FILING REQUIREMENT.
   (A)   The Board of Ethics, or the designated administrative official, shall notify by certified mail each person required to file a statement of financial interests who fails to file the statement by the due date, files an incomplete statement, or files a statement in a form other than that prescribed by the Board. The notice shall specify the type of failure or delinquency, shall establish a date by which the failure of 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 statement or who fails or refuses to remedy a deficiency in the filing identified in the notice under division (A) above within the time period established in the notice shall be guilty of a civil offense and shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Board in an amount not to exceed $25 per day, up to a maximum total civil penalty of $500. Any civil penalty 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)   Any person who intentionally files a statement of financial interests which he or she knows to contain false information or intentionally omits required information shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 39.40)  (Ord. 120.7, passed 10-6-1994)  Penalty, see § 39.99