A. 
Elected officials, department heads, and those authorized to act on their behalf (e.g., deputies) shall file on or before January 30 of each year an annual disclosure statement. This statement shall be submitted to the Cayuga County Attorney's Office in the form prescribed by Attachment B.[1] The County Attorney's office shall retain the forms on behalf of the Board of Ethics and make them available for inspection as detailed below.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said statement is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
The County Attorney's office shall confirm filing by all required filers. Request for determination regarding conflicts shall be referred by the County Attorney's office to the Board of Ethics. If the County Attorney's office determines that any required filer has not filed a correctly completed disclosure statement the County Attorney's office shall report this to the appropriate supervisor. If a member of the Cayuga County Legislature has not filed a correctly completed disclosure statement, the County Attorney's office shall report this to the Chair of the Legislature or to the Vice Chair if the Chair is in default of filing.
C. 
The Cayuga County Legislature may at any time and in their sole discretion determine by resolution to require annual disclosures for certain positions in addition to those listed in this section due to the nature and characteristic of such positions.
A. 
Whenever a person makes a request to a County agency or department or to a County officer or employee to take or refrain from taking any action (other than a ministerial act) and knows or has reason to know that such request may result in a financial benefit to the requestor, a County officer or employee, or one of the other persons listed in § 40-11 of this Ethics Code, the requestor shall disclose the names of any such persons.
B. 
If the request is made in writing, the disclosure shall accompany the request. If the request is oral and made at a meeting of a public body, the disclosure shall be set forth in the public record of the body. If the request is oral and not made at a meeting of a public body, the disclosure shall be set forth in a writing filed with the County Attorney's office.
The provisions of Article II and Article III, § 40-29 of this Ethics Code shall not prohibit or require recusal or disclosure as a result of:
A. 
An action specifically authorized by statute, rule, or regulation of the State of New York or of the United States;
B. 
A ministerial act;
C. 
Gifts as allowed in § 40-21 of this chapter;
D. 
Awards from charitable organizations;
E. 
Receipt of County services or benefits, or use of County facilities that are generally available on the same terms and conditions to residents or a class of residents in the County;
F. 
Representation of constituents by elected officials without compensation in matters of public advocacy; or
G. 
County officers or employees appearing or practicing before the County or receiving compensation for working on a matter before the County after termination of their County service or employment where they performed only ministerial acts while working for the County.