(1) If the Oregon Government Ethics Commission has imposed a civil penalty under ORS 244.350 on a public official or candidate for failing to file a statement of economic interest required under this chapter or a resolution adopted under ORS 244.160 and the public official or candidate continues to refuse to file the statement, the following apply:
(a) The commission shall notify the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or the local public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, that the public official serves of the failure to file a statement of economic interest. Except for judges, during the period beginning on the date the department or public body receives notice from the commission and ending on the date the public official files the statement of economic interest, the department or public body may not pay compensation to the public official and the public official may not begin or continue to exercise the official duty of the public official. In the case of a public official who does not receive compensation, the public official may not begin or continue to exercise the official duty of the public official until the public official files the statement of economic interest.
(b) In the case of a candidate for public office, the commission shall notify the appropriate chief elections officer of the candidate’s failure to file the statement required by this chapter. The chief elections officer shall:
(A) If the notice is received on or before the 61st day before the date of the election, cause the name of the candidate to be removed from the ballot on which the name of the candidate would otherwise appear; or
(B) If the candidate has been nominated or elected, refuse to issue a certificate of nomination or election.
(2) If the name of a candidate for public office is removed from the ballot as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the name shall be removed in accordance with ORS 254.165.
(3) As used in this section, “chief elections officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 254.005. [1974 c.72 §23; 1975 c.543 §12; 1977 c.588 §12; 1987 c.566 §22; 1995 c.607 §69; 2007 c.865 §20]
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