§ 28-10. Financial disclosure required of officers and employees.  


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  • A. 
    The Board of Ethics shall be the repository for completed annual statements of financial disclosure and shall give the notice required by § 808(5) of the General Municipal Law to the Temporary State Commission on Local Government Ethics. The Ethics Board shall decide who is required to file a disclosure statement consistent with the purpose and intent of this code.
    B. 
    The Board of Ethics is hereby authorized pursuant to § 811(1)(d) of the General Municipal Law to promulgate rules and regulations governing the filing of annual financial disclosure and transactional disclosure forms, as such forms are adopted by the Town Board, and to enforce such filing requirements.
    C. 
    The Board of Ethics is authorized to grant written exceptions with respect to complying with the timely filing of such disclosure statements upon the showing of undue hardship and to prescribe rules and regulations relating to such exceptions with respect to extensions and additional periods of time within which to file such financial statements, including the imposition of a time limitation upon such extensions.
    D. 
    The Ethics Board shall notify the appropriate Town officer of the failure to timely receive an annual financial disclosure form complying with this code in order to invoke the remedy for failure to file provided in § 28-14G.
    E. 
    Annual financial disclosure shall be filed by all of the following:
    (1) 
    Elected officials.
    (2) 
    Appointed officials (salaried or unsalaried) to Town offices or related agencies under the aegis of the Town.
    (3) 
    Managerial and supervisory personnel for both the Town and related agencies.
    (4) 
    All code compliance and enforcement personnel of the Town or related agencies.
    (5) 
    All employees having any personnel duty assignment authority.
    (6) 
    All employees with legal or financial duties of the Town or related agencies.
    (7) 
    All information and data entry personnel.
    (8) 
    All personnel having discretionary authority with property assessments.
    (9) 
    All personnel having authority in receipt of taxes.
    (10) 
    All personnel with discretionary authority related to the issuance of licenses, permits and the receipt of fees.
    F. 
    If the Board determines that an annual disclosure statement is deficient or reveals a possible or potential violation of this chapter, the Board shall notify the person in writing of the deficiency or possible or potential violation, afford the individual a reasonable period to correct such deficiency and explain the penalties for failure to comply with this chapter.