KRS 6.824: Statements of financial transactions -- Penalties.

(1) Any legislative agent who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit

of any member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the secretary of a cabinet

listed in KRS 12.250, or any member of the staff of any of the officials listed in this

subsection shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the

official or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was

made or entered into, in a statement filed with the commission with the updated

registration statement required by KRS 6.807(3). The statement shall be filed at the

times specified in KRS 6.807. Each statement shall describe each financial

transaction that occurred during the filing period that ended on the last day of the

month immediately prec eding the month in which the statement is required to be

filed.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, any employer who has had any

financial transaction with or for the benefit of any member of the General

Assembly, the Governor, the se cretary of a cabinet listed in KRS 12.250, or any

member of the staff of any official listed in this subsection shall describe the details

of the transaction, including the name of the official, the purpose and nature of the

transaction, and the date it wa s made or entered into, in a statement filed with the

commission with the updated registration statement required by KRS 6.807(3). The

statement shall be filed at the times specified in KRS 6.807. Each statement shall

describe each financial transaction th at occurred during the filing period that ended

on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the

statement is required to be filed.

(3) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a

copy of the statement to a public official with whom or for whose benefit the

transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is

reported by a legislative agent engaged by the employer.

(4) Any legislative agent or employer who fa ils to file a required statement of financial

transactions, or who fails to remedy any deficiency in his 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).

(5) Any legislative agent or employer 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 D felony.