SEC. 3.240. PROVISION OF FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION; WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION; AND DUTY TO COOPERATE AND ASSIST.
§ 3.240
This section prohibits people from giving false information, hiding evidence, or misrepresenting facts to the Ethics Commission, District Attorney, or City Attorney during investigations of Ethics Code violations. It also requires all City officers and employees to cooperate with and assist these agencies in conducting such investigations.
You cannot knowingly give false documents, make misleading statements, or hide information from the city's ethics investigators, district attorney, or city attorney when they are looking into possible violations of the ethics rules. City workers and officials must cooperate fully and help these agencies conduct their investigations.
- Controversial:The duty to cooperate and assist raises questions about scope, potential conflicts with legal representation rights, and enforcement mechanisms that San Franciscans may reasonably debate.
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Official text
(a) Prohibition. No person shall knowingly and intentionally furnish false or fraudulent evidence, documents, or information to the Ethics Commission, District Attorney or City Attorney, or knowingly and intentionally misrepresent any material fact, or conceal any evidence, documents, or information relevant to an investigation by the Ethics Commission, District Attorney or City Attorney of an alleged violation of this Chapter.
(b) Duty to Cooperate and Assist. The Ethics Commission, District Attorney or City Attorney may request and shall receive from every City officer and employee cooperation and assistance with an investigation into an alleged violation of this Chapter.
(Added by Proposition E, 11/4/2003)