Section 38-544 - Violation; classificationA. Any public officer, local public officer or candidate who knowingly fails to file a financial disclosure statement required pursuant to section 18-444, 38-543 or 38-545, who knowingly files an incomplete financial disclosure statement or who knowingly files a false financial disclosure statement is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.B. Any public officer, local public officer or candidate who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars for each day of noncompliance but not more than five hundred dollars that may be imposed as prescribed in sections 16-937 and 16-938.Amended by L. 2016, ch. 80,s. 20, eff. 8/5/2016.Amended by L. 2016, ch. 79,s. 27, eff. 12/31/2016.