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 Article VIII. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE

  § 8-113. Penalties.  

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  • (1)

    Any person who shall willfully fail to appear in response to a subpoena or fail to answer any questions or fail to produce any books or papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing by the Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

    (2)

    If any member of the Commission or any employee in the City Service shall willfully refuse or fail to appear before the Commission or any officer authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry, or having appeared shall refuse to testify or answer any question relating to the affairs or government of the City or the conduct of any officer or employee of the City on the ground that the testimony or answers would tend to incriminate the party called to appear or testify, or shall refuse to waive immunity from prosecution on account of any matter about which the party called to appear or testify may be asked to testify at any such hearing or inquiry, the party shall forfeit office or position and shall not be eligible thereafter for appointment to any position in the City Service.

    (3)

    If at a public hearing following written charges of the violation of any provision of this Article or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder, the Commission should determine that any employee has willfully violated any provision of this Article, or of rules or regulations adopted thereunder, the commission may direct the appointing authority to dismiss such employee and such employee shall be dismissed.

    (4)

    Any person who willfully violates any provision of this Article or of the rules or regulations issued thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one month nor for more than six months, or by both such fines and imprisonment.

    (5)

    In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, the Commission may render an order that any person who has violated any provision of this Article shall not be eligible for employment in the City Service for a period not exceeding ten years.