KRS 6.797: Notice of filing deficiency -- Penalties for deficient or false filing.

(1) The commission shall notify by certified mail each person required to file a

statement of financial interests who fails to file the statement in a timely manner,

completely, or in the form required by the commission. The notice shall specify the

type of fa ilure or delinquency and shall advise the person of the penalties for

violation of this section.

(2) (a) Any person who fails to file the statement or who fails to remedy a deficiency

in his filing identified by the commission in the notice under subsectio n (1) of

this section 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) without the necessity of a complaint being

filed, notwithstanding KRS 6.686(1)(a), but only after notice has been given

to the alleged violator of the intent of the commission to impose a fine,

including the amount of the fine, and an opportunity has been afforded the

alleged violator to appear before the commission or otherwise offer evidence

as he may choose in mitigation of the imposition of the fine.

(b) Any person who intentionally files a statement of financial interests which he

knows to contain false information or to omit required information shall be

guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.