KRS 11A.990: Penalties -- Time limitation on prosecution for violation of KRS 11A.040.

(1) Any person who violates KRS 11A.040 shall be guilty of a Class D felony. In

addition:

(a) The judgment of conviction for a violation of KRS 11A.040(2) shall recite

that the offender is disqualified to hold office thereafter; and

(b) Any person who viol ates KRS 11A.040(1) to (5) shall be judged to have

forfeited any employment, or constitutional or statutory office he holds,

provisions of KRS Chapter 18A to the contrary notwithstanding.

(2) Any officer, public servant, or candidate required to file a sta tement of financial

disclosure under KRS 11A.050 who does not file the statement by a date specified

in that section shall have his salary withheld from the first day of noncompliance

until he shall have completed the action required by law. The amount withheld shall

be deducted from his overall pay and allowances and shall be recoverable upon the

filing of the statement of financial disclosure. The commission may grant a

reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of financial disclosure for good

cause shown.

(3) Any person who maliciously files with the commission a false charge of misconduct

on the part of any public servant or other person shall be fined not to exceed five

thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned in a county jail for a term not t o exceed

one (1) year, or both.

(4) Prosecution for violation of any provision of KRS 11A.040 shall not be commenced

after four (4) years have elapsed from the date of the violation. Any executive

agency lobbyist, employer, or real party in interest who vi olates any provision in

KRS 11A.206 shall for the first violation be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed

five thousand dollars ($5,000). For the second and each subsequent violation, he

shall be guilty of a Class D felony.

(5) Any executive agency lob byist, employer, or real party in interest who fails to file

the initial registration statement or updated registration statement required by KRS

11A.211 or 11A.216, or who fails to remedy a deficiency in any filing in a timely

manner, may be fined by the commission an amount not to exceed one hundred

dollars ($100) per day, up to a maximum total fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(6) Any executive agency lobbyist, employer, or real party in interest who intentionally

fails to register, or who intentionally files an initial registration statement or updated

registration statement required by KRS 11A.211 or 11A.216 which he knows to

contain false information or to omit required information shall be guilty of a Class

D felony.

(7) An executive agency lobby ist, employer, or real party in interest who files a false

statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction under KRS 11A.221

or 11A.226 is liable in a civil action to any official or employee who sustains

damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement.

(8) Violation of KRS 11A.236 is a Class D felony.