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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A3-72. Civil sanctions/penalties.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A3-72. Civil sanctions/penalties.

A person who is found to have violated this code of ethics is subject to the following sanctions:

(1) Public censure by the Ethics Commission or the Board of Supervisors;

(2) An official finding of misconduct in office and removal from office upon an accusation proceeding instituted by the grand jury;

(3) Forfeiture into the County general fund of any amounts or things of value given or paid in violation of this division;

(4) A penalty assessment to be deposited into the County general fund of up to $500.00 per violation of this code or an amount not to exceed three times the amount given, paid or expended in violation of this division.

(Ord. No. NS-19.30.4, § 1, 9-23-97)

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