Okaloosa County BOCC — January 18, 2013 — Jacksonville Ethics Code — reading text

Commission); (b) Chapter 102 (Auditing regulations); (c) Section 106.331 (Indebtedness in excess of appropriates prohibited); (d) Section 106.332 (Transfer of expense funds or expense credits prohibited; (e) Section 106.334 (Personal liability for authorizing expenditures in excess of the amount appropriated; (f) Section 106.336 (Penalties for violation of Sections 106.331 and 106.332); (g) Section 106.431 (Maximum indebtedness required in all City contracts); (h) Section 106.433 (Personal liability for indebtedness in violation); (i) Section 106.434 (Penalties for violation); (j) Section 106.713 (Fraudulent claims re travel expense reimbursement); Jacksonville, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 34 of 37  TITLE XVI - JUDICIAL CODE Chapter 602 - JACKSONVILLE ETHICS CODE PART 12. - GENERAL PROVISIONS (k) Section 122.811 (Sales of tangible personal property; prohibition of sales to certain persons); (l) Sections 124.201—207 (Records retention and disposition); (m) Section 126.104 (Integrity of public contracting and purchasing process); (n) Section 126.110 (Unauthorized purchases and contracts); (o) Section 134.108 (Refusal to obey order during investigation); (p) Section 320.302 (Building and Zoning Inspection Division employees; conflicts); (q) Chapter 400 (Equal opportunity); (r) Chapter 402 (Equal employment opportunity); (s) Section 656.144 (Improper influence). (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-329-E, § 3) Sec. 602.1206. - Personnel rules and regulations. All employees of the City shall comply with the applicable provisions of Sections 11.01—11.04, Civil Service and Personnel Rules and Regulations, to the extent that they do not conflict with the provisions of this code of ethics. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1) Sec. 602.1207. - Public records. Subject to confidentiality provisions otherwise provided for in this chapter or state law, any record or document required to be filed pursuant to this chapter shall be a public record. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-329-E, § 3) Sec. 602.1208. - Government in sunshine. (a) All meetings of the Council and of its committees and subcommittees and meetings of the boards and commission of the City are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, unless otherwise exempted by Florida law, including section 112.324. No ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or formal action shall be passed or considered binding except when made at a public meeting. (b) The public meetings required by this Section shall be held in premises owned or leased by federal, state, or local governments, or in premises which otherwise provide full and reasonable access to the public. (c) A person who is a member of a governmental body named in this Section who willfully violates the provisions of this Section by attending a meeting not held in accordance with its provisions shall be guilty of a class D offense. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-329-E, § 3; Ord. 2010-172-E, § 2) Jacksonville, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 35 of 37  TITLE XVI - JUDICIAL CODE Chapter 602 - JACKSONVILLE ETHICS CODE PART 12. - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 602.1209. - Severability. It is not the intent of this Code to conflict with any applicable state law. If any Section, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Chapter is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding or invalidity shall not affect the remaining portion of this Chapter; and it shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass this Chapter without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part therein; and the remainder of this Chapter, after exclusion of such part of parts, shall be deemed and held to be valid as if such part or parts had not been included therein. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1) Sec. 602.1210. - Cooperation by appointed employees in official investigations. All appointed employees, as a condition of employment, shall agree to cooperate truthfully, honestly, and completely with official government investigations including but not limited to, investigations by the Ethics Commission, Ethics Officer, State Attorney's Office, or United States Attorneys' Office, concerning his or her official duties or matters related to City government or business. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-232-E, § 3) Note—Former § 602.409. Sec. 602.1211. - Testimony and questioning of public officials and employees relating to public affairs. (a) No officer or employee of the City or an independent agency, who is called as a witness by or before any City, State or Federal administrative or judicial tribunal, shall refuse to answer before the tribunal any proper question concerning the performance of his or her official duties or to produce books, records and other papers and documents of his or her office or concerning his or her official duties properly required to be produced by or before the tribunal; provided, that the officer or employee shall retain his or her privileges and immunities against self-incrimination provided under the Constitution and laws of the state and the United States. (b) No employee of the City or an independent agency shall refuse to answer any question when directed to by a supervisor related to the employee's performance or fitness to serve; provided, that the employee shall retain those privileges and immunities provided under the Constitution and laws of the state and the United States, relating to the use of said information in a criminal prosecution. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-329-E, § 3; Ord. 2011-232-E, § 3) Note—Former § 602.410. Sec. 602.1212. - Disclosure of criminal records required. A person, when applying for or when appointed to a City position, with or without compensation, shall be required to disclose to the appointing or hiring authority any criminal conviction and record thereof, with the exception of crimes that are classified or, if not committed in Florida, would be classified if committed in Florida, as misdemeanors of the second degree. Disclosures shall be made in writing and failure to disclose shall result in automatic removal or dismissal from the position, subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service system where applicable. If, at any time after the person is appointed to a City position, there is an allegation that the disclosure required by this Section is false or incomplete, the matter shall be submitted to the appointing or hiring authority for determination. If, after Jacksonville, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 36 of 37  TITLE XVI - JUDICIAL CODE Chapter 602 - JACKSONVILLE ETHICS CODE PART 12. - GENERAL PROVISIONS proper notice and hearing the cognizant authority determines that the disclosure is correct, no action shall be taken; but if, after proper notice and hearing, the cognizant authority determines that the disclosure is incorrect, the person submitting the same shall be deemed to have failed to make any disclosure. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-232-E, § 3) Note—Former § 602.411 Sec. 602.1213. - Penalty provisions. Unless otherwise set forth in this Chapter, any violation of this Chapter, which is declared to be unlawful, shall be a class C offense. (Ord. 2011-232-E, § 4) Jacksonville, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 37 of 37