TITLE 20. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 20-600. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS
§20-612. Penalties. [35]
(1) In addition to the penalties as presently provided by
law, any person in violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by fine not
exceeding three hundred (300) dollars. Except with respect to Section 20-610,
any person in violation of this Chapter is forever disqualified from holding any
elected or appointed City office or employment with the City, its agencies,
authorities, boards or commissions.
(2) City Council shall have the
right to repeal legislation enacted in violation of this ordinance. The Mayor,
with the concurrence of a majority of all the members of City Council, may void
any award, contract, lease, case, claim, decision, decree or judgment made in
violation of this ordinance, provided that no such legislative act including
ordinances and resolutions, award, contract, lease, case, claim, decision,
decree of judgment may be avoided because of the interest of an officer or
employee unless such contract is made in the official capacity of such officer
or employee or by a board or body of which he is an officer, member or
employee.
(3) Repeat Offenders. Any person who commits, on more than one
occasion, a violation of this Chapter, shall be guilty of a separate offense of
Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine
of not more than three hundred (300) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than
ninety (90) days, or both. A person shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation
regardless whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a
judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the
first, shall constitute a separate Repeat Violation offense.