[Amended 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-08]
This article applies to all elected officials and all candidates to be elected officials, and County department heads.
[Amended 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-08]
A. Except as provided in §
39-23 of this article, an elected official, candidate to be an elected official and County department head shall file the financial disclosure statement required under this section:
(1) On a form provided by the Commission;
(2) Under oath or affirmation; and
B. Deadlines for filing statements.
(1) An incumbent official shall file a financial disclosure statement annually no later than April 30 of each year for the preceding calendar year.
(2) An official who is appointed to fill a vacancy in an office for which a financial disclosure statement is required and who has not already filed a financial disclosure statement shall file a statement for the preceding calendar year within 30 days after appointment.
(3) An individual who, other than by reasons of death, leaves an office for which a statement is required shall file a statement within 60 days after leaving the office. The statement shall cover:
(a) The calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the individual left office, unless a statement covering that year has already been filed by the individual; and
(b) The portion of the current calendar year during which the individual held the office.
The Commission or the office designated by the Commission shall retain financial disclosure statements for four years from the date of receipt.
For the purposes of §
39-26A,
B and
C of this chapter, the following interests are considered to be the interests of the individual making the statement:
A. An interest held by a member of the individual's immediate family, if the interest was, at any time during the reporting period, directly or indirectly controlled by the individual.
B. An interest held by a business entity in which the individual held a 30% or greater interest at any time during the reporting period.
C. An interest held by a trust or an estate in which, at any time during the reporting period:
(1) The individual held a reversionary interest or was a beneficiary; or
(2) If a revocable trust, the individual was a settlor.