2013 Idaho Statutes
Title 59 - PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL
Chapter 7 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT
Section 59-705 - CIVIL PENALTY.


ID Code § 59-705 (2013) What's This?

59-705. Civil penalty. (1) Any public official who intentionally fails to disclose a conflict of interest as provided for in section 59-704, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a civil offense, the penalty for which may be a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any public official where the governmental entity on which said official serves has put into operation an ethics commission or board described in section 59-704(6), Idaho Code.

(2) The penalty prescribed in subsection (1) of this section does not limit the power of either house of the legislature to discipline its own members, nor limit the power of governmental entities, including occupational or professional licensing bodies, to discipline their members or personnel. A violation of the provisions of this chapter shall not preclude prosecution and conviction for any criminal violation that may have been committed.


History:

[59-705, added 1990, ch. 329, sec. 2, p. 907.]

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