A. 
All elected and appointed Town officials and officers, as defined in Article III of this local law, including but not limited to all attorneys in the Town Attorney's office, all members of the Town Planning Board, Plumbing Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Youth Board, Board of Assessment and Review, Industrial Development Agency, Town of Islip Housing Authority, Resource Recovery Agency and Community Development Agency, whether or not they receive a salary or other payment for their services, shall file an annual financial disclosure statement as hereinafter provided and shall answer each and every question therein in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
B. 
A list of the title and individuals who are required to report shall be compiled annually by the Director of Personnel and approved by resolution of the Town Board and shall be filed with the Board of Ethics no later than the first day of February of each year.
[Amended 3-2-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010; 3-5-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
All individuals required to file an annual disclosure statement pursuant to the provisions of § 14-17 of this chapter shall file their disclosure on the Disclosure Form, incorporated herein by reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Disclosure Form is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
A. 
In accordance with § 14-17 of this Article, the Board of Ethics shall obtain a list of all individuals required to report annually from the Town of Islip Director of Personnel and any other required sources no later than the first day of February of each year. Said list shall specify whether each such individual is compensated or not for his services.
[Amended 3-5-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
B. 
No later than March 30 of each year, the Board shall mail the appropriate form to all individuals required to file a financial disclosure statement under this article.
[Amended 3-5-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
C. 
Statements should be filed as follows:
(1) 
On May 1 of each year, each individual covered by § 14-17 of this Article shall file with the Town of Islip Board of Ethics the required Annual Disclosure Form unless written application of extension is granted by the Board of Ethics on the grounds of undue hardship or for justifiable cause. In no event shall any extensions be granted beyond the next annual filing date.
(2) 
Any individual who is subject to the financial disclosure reporting requirements under § 14-17 of this Article and who has timely filed with the Internal Revenue Service an application for automatic extension of time in which to file his individual income tax return for the immediately preceding calendar or fiscal year shall be required to file such disclosure statement on or before May 1, unless extended pursuant to Subsection C(1) above, but may, without any civil penalty on account of a deficient statement, indicate with respect to any item on the disclosure statement that such information with respect thereto is lacking but will be supplied in a supplementary statement of financial disclosure, which shall be filed no later than seven (7) days after the expiration date of the period of automatic extension of time within which to file said tax return. Failure to file said supplementary financial disclosure statement within the time provided shall subject the reporting individual to the penalties applicable to the failure to file or the filing of a deficient statement as if such supplementary statement were an annual statement.
(3) 
Any changes in personnel that would add to the list an individual required to file occurring after February of each year shall be reported to the Board by the Director of Personnel and the appropriate Town agency. The Board shall then mail the appropriate form to such individual in the manner herein described and shall allow the individual thirty (30) days to respond.
A. 
The Board shall receive, date, review and file all financial disclosure statements.
(1) 
If any individual required to report refuses or fails, unknowingly or intentionally, to timely file a statement as required by this Article, the Board shall notify the individual of such failure and simultaneously notify the Town Comptroller that said individual has not filed, and, upon such notification, the Comptroller shall withhold the paycheck of that employee. Once a statement is filed, the Board shall promptly notify the Comptroller and all moneys withheld because of nonfiling shall be promptly released.
(2) 
If an individual fails to file a statement within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the notice of nonfiling from the Board or if the individual files a statement which the Board determines was filed with the intent to deceive, to intentionally misrepresent or otherwise fraudulently answer any question set forth in the statement or to intentionally withhold any information asked or demanded in the statement, such action shall be grounds for dismissal or removal pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, the Public Officers Law, Article 3, and other applicable laws.
B. 
If the Board determines that further information is required with respect to any aspect of the disclosure statement, the reporting individual shall provide the same within fifteen (15) days of receipt of a written request made by the Board.
C. 
If the Board determines that a reporting individual filed a statement with the intent to deceive, to intentionally misrepresent or otherwise to fraudulently answer any question set forth in the statement or to intentionally withhold any information asked or demanded in the statement and if such deception or misrepresentation is found by the Board to be both intentional and material as to a conflict of interest, then such employee shall be charged with a violation of this Article, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment of not more than three (3) months, or both. In all criminal proceedings under this Article, the Board, through a designated representative, shall act as a complaining witness.
D. 
If, after review of the statement, the Board determines that a conflict of interest exists or that there appears to be an impropriety that could reflect upon the integrity of Town government, the following procedures shall apply:
(1) 
The Board shall specify, by written opinion, stating its findings and the basis for its opinion, that a conflict or impropriety exists and shall mail such opinion by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the reporting individual.
(2) 
The individual shall have twenty-one (21) days from the date he receives the opinion to respond, rebut or refute the Board's findings by making a written submission to the Board.
(3) 
The Board may then modify its opinion or recommend to the reporting individual a manner in which the conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety may be rectified.
(4) 
In the event that the Board determines that the conflict or impropriety has not been rectified, the Board shall refer the matter to the Town Board for its consideration.
E. 
When conditions in Subsections A(2) and B of this section exist or if any reporting individual fails to respond to the Board within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of the Board's opinion or fails to satisfactorily cure a conflict or impropriety as addressed in Subsection C of this section, the Board shall publicly disclose the individual's statement or relevant portions of such statement, along with the Board's opinion, by filing them with:
(1) 
The Town Clerk.
(2) 
The Town Supervisor.
(3) 
The Town Board.
F. 
At any time during the review process, the Board, acting through its Chairman and the Town Attorney, shall promptly refer any matter to the District Attorney when there is reason to believe that criminal investigation may be warranted.
A. 
All statements filed with the Board of Ethics upon completion of their review by said Board shall become a public record, except that a reporting individual may request confidentiality in regard to parts of his financial statement that have no relationship to his official duties. Confidentiality may be granted by the Board in regard to such parts that, in the opinion of the Board, pose no conflict of interest and/or have no relationship to official duties of the employee. Parts of the statement that are granted confidential status by the Board shall be retained by the Board and shall only be disclosed pursuant to this Article.
B. 
Any part of a financial disclosure statement that has been granted confidential status by the Board pursuant to the reporting individual's request shall be maintained by the Board as confidential information. It shall be a violation for any Board member, Board employee or any other individual other than the reporting individual to disclose information that has been granted confidential status, and such violation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.), as determined by the Board.
C. 
If information granted confidential status is intermixed with parts of the statement that will be filed as a public record, such confidential information shall be deleted by the Board on the copy to be so filed, and the original statement containing the confidential information shall be retained by the Board.
D. 
The Board shall maintain a complete and permanent written record of all requests made to review the public portion of an individual's financial disclosure statement, which record shall be available to the reporting individual.