§ 2-34. Violation; classification.

(a)

Any local public officer or candidate who intentionally or knowingly fails to file a financial disclosure statement required pursuant to section 2-32 or 2-33, who intentionally or knowingly files an incomplete financial disclosure statement or who intentionally or knowingly files a false financial disclosure statement is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

(b)

If the city clerk has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating any provision of section 2-32 or 2-33, the city clerk shall notify the city attorney.

(c)

Any local public officer or candidate who violates this division 2 is subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of noncompliance but not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) that may be imposed as follows:

(1)

The city attorney must serve on the person an order requiring compliance with the provision of this division. The order shall state with reasonable particularity the nature of the violation and shall require compliance within twenty (20) days from the date of issuance of the order.

(2)

If a person fails to take corrective action within the time specified in the compliance order issued pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the city attorney shall issue an order assessing a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) as set forth in subsection (c) above. The alleged violator has twenty (20) days from the date of issuance of the order to request a hearing pursuant to Chapter 13, Article II of the Glendale City Code.

(Ord. No. 2399, § 1, 7-27-04)