Section 3-224
§ 3-224 Definitions. Whenever used in this subchapter, the term
"public servant" shall mean a public servant as defined in subdivision
nineteen of section two thousand six hundred one of the charter.
Section 3-225
§ 3-225 Prohibition of gifts. No person required to be listed on a
statement of registration pursuant to section 3-213(c)(1) of subchapter
2 of this chapter shall offer or give a gift to any public servant.
Section 3-226
§ 3-226 Enforcement. Complaints alleging violations of this subchapter
shall be made, received, investigated and adjudicated in a manner
consistent with investigations and adjudications of conflicts of
interest pursuant to chapters sixty-eight and thirty-four of the
charter.
Section 3-227
§ 3-227 Penalties. Any person required to be listed on the statement
of registration pursuant to section 3-213(c)(1) that knowingly and
willfully violates any provision of this subchapter shall be subject to
a civil penalty, which for the first offense shall be not less than two
thousand five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars,
for the second offense not less than five thousand dollars and not more
than fifteen thousand dollars, and for the third and subsequent offenses
not less than fifteen thousand dollars and not more than thirty thousand
dollars. In addition to such civil penalties, for the second and
subsequent offenses a person required to be listed on the statement of
registration pursuant to section 3-213(c)(1) that knowingly and
willfully violates the provisions of this subchapter shall also be
guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Section 3-228
§ 3-228 Rulemaking. The conflicts of interest board, in consultation
with the clerk, shall adopt such rules as necessary to ensure the
implementation of this subchapter, including rules defining prohibited
gifts and exceptions including de minimis gifts, such as pens and mugs,
gifts that public servants may accept as gifts to the city and gifts
from family members and close personal friends on family or social
occasions, and to the extent practicable, such rules shall be
promulgated in a manner consistent with the rules and advisory opinions
of such board governing the receipt of valuable gifts by public
servants.