2.50.061 Modification of reporting requirements.
Any appointed official who considers compliance with the reporting requirements of SCC 2.50.060 to be a manifestly unreasonable hardship in a particular case may apply for a modification of such reporting requirements pursuant to the following procedures:
(1) The appointed official shall file with the ethics commission a written request for hearing for suspension or modification of reporting requirements. The request shall be submitted not less than three weeks prior to the date the report is due.
(2) The request shall contain:
(a) The required report completed to the extent possible;
(b) The appointed official’s evidence to be submitted at the hearing;
(c) A statement of reasons why the reporting of required information would cause a manifestly unreasonable hardship, with as much detail as possible. (A general statement, such as "violates right of privacy" shall not be deemed as sufficient compliance with this requirement.) The appointed official is encouraged to also include a proposed modification to the required report which, in the appointed official’s opinion, will relieve the perceived hardship.
(3) The filing of a request for modification shall suspend the reporting requirement of SCC 2.50.060 until five business days after the commission issues its final decision on the request.
(4) Within 30 days of receipt of request for modification, the commission shall hold a hearing and, after hearing the matter as provided in this chapter, may suspend the applicable reporting requirement if it finds that the literal application of such requirements works a manifestly unreasonable hardship in the case under consideration and if it also finds that such suspension or modification will not frustrate the purposes of this chapter. Not less than 10 days prior to the hearing, the commission shall give notice of the date, time and place of the hearing by one publication in the official county newspaper and by mailing written notice to the appointed official by first class mail. The commission shall suspend or modify such reporting requirement or requirements only to the extent necessary to substantially relieve such hardship, and only upon clear and convincing proof to support such claim. Any decision or order rendered by the commission shall be in writing or stated in the record and shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law.
(5) All evidence presented at hearings of the commission held pursuant to this section shall be considered to be a public record. (Added by Ord. 93-064 § 4, July 28, 1993; Amended by Ord. 03-067, June 18, 2003, Eff date June 30, 2003; Amended by Ord. 21-013, Mar. 17, 2021, Eff date Apr. 2, 2021).