§ 12-25-30 — Statements by candidates for local office--Violation as petty offense or misdemeanor.

Any candidate for county commissioner, school board member in a school district with a total enrollment of more than two thousand students, or commissioner, council member, or mayor in any first class municipality, shall file a statement of financial interest with the office at which the candidate's nominating petitions are filed not more than fifteen days after filing the candidate's nominating petitions or, if otherwise nominated, not more than fifteen days after the candidate's nomination is certified. Any violation of this section is a petty offense. An intentional violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

SL 1974, ch 121, § 4; SL 1977, ch 68, § 12; SL 1982, ch 86, § 109; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1995, ch 85; SL 2017, ch 23, § 5.