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a. No later than January 31 of each year, any person who qualified as a Local Public Officer at any time during the preceding calendar year shall file a verified financial disclosure statement with the City Clerk. The financial disclosure statement shall cover the preceding calendar year, ending December 31.

b. No later than 60 days after taking the oath of office, a Local Public Officer who is appointed to fill a vacant office shall file a verified financial disclosure statement with the City Clerk. The financial disclosure statement shall cover the 12-month period ending on the last day of the last full month preceding the date of taking the oath of office.

c. At the time of filing nomination papers, a candidate for local elective office shall file a verified financial disclosure statement with the City Clerk. The financial disclosure statement shall cover the preceding 12-month period ending on the last day of the last full month preceding the filing of nomination papers. A candidate’s financial disclosure statement shall contain the same information that a Local Public Officer is required to disclose.

d. The filing of a financial disclosure statement does not relieve a Local Public Officer or candidate of the obligation to file other statements and reports that are required by law.

e. The City Clerk shall prepare written guidelines, forms, and sample forms for completing the financial disclosure statement. The City Clerk shall provide a copy of the guidelines, forms, and sample forms to each Local Public Officer. The City Clerk shall make available to each candidate required to file a financial disclosure statement a copy of the guidelines, forms, and sample forms.

f. Where this section requires an amount or value to be reported, the amount or value may be categorized as follows:

1. Category 1: $1,000.00 to $25,000.00.

2. Category 2: $25,000.01 to $100,000.00.

3. Category 3: More than $100,000.00.

g. Once filed with the City Clerk, the financial disclosure statement is a public record. This section does not require the disclosure of any information that is privileged by law.

h. The verified financial disclosure statement shall be on a form provided by the City Clerk and shall contain the following information:

1. The Local Public Officer’s name and home or work address, whether the Public Officer’s spouse is a member of the Local Public Officer’s household, the number of minor children who are members of the Public Officer’s household and all names under which, as well as all addresses at which, each does business. If disclosure of the identity of the Public Officer’s spouse or minor child would otherwise be required, a Public Officer may comply with the identification requirement by using the term "spouse" or "minor child," as applicable.

2. The name and address of each employer of the Local Public Officer and of each member of the Local Public Officer’s household, with a description of the nature of each employer’s business. The name and address of each other source of compensation exceeding one thousand dollars, other than gifts, received during the reporting period in the Local Public Officer’s name or in the name of any member of the Local Public Officer’s household, with a description of the services for which the compensation was received. The name and address of each source of compensation exceeding one thousand dollars, other than gifts, received during the reporting period by any other person for the use by, or for the benefit of, the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household, with a description of the services for which the compensation was received. This paragraph does not require the disclosure of individual items of compensation that constituted a portion of the gross income of the business from which the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household derived compensation.

3. For a controlled business, a general description of the goods or services provided by the business, and if any single source of compensation to the business exceeded ten thousand dollars and constituted over twenty-five percent of the gross income of the business during the reporting period, a specific description of the goods or services provided to the single source from which the compensation was received. For a dependent business, a general description of the goods or services provided by the business and a specific description of the goods or services provided to any single source of compensation that exceeded ten thousand dollars and constituted over fifty percent of the gross income of the business during the reporting period. If the single source of compensation for a controlled or dependent business is a business, a description of the nature of the business.

4. The name and address of any business or trust in which the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household at any time during the reporting period had an ownership or beneficial interest of over one thousand dollars, with a description of the interest and a statement of its value. The name and address of any business or trust in which any other person at any time during the reporting period had an ownership or other beneficial interest of over one thousand dollars for the use by, or for the benefit of, the local public officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household, with a description of the interest and a statement of its value. The name and address of any business or trust in which at any time during the reporting period the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household held any office, with a description of the office. The name and address of any business or trust with which at any time during the reporting period the Public Officer or any member of the Public Officer’s household had a fiduciary relationship, with a description of the relationship.

5. If at any time during the reporting period the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s family held legal title to, or held a beneficial interest in any real property interest or real property improvement located in the City of Phoenix, the specific location of, the approximate size of, and the value of the real property interest or real property improvement. If at any time during the reporting period a controlled or dependent business held legal title to or held a beneficial interest in any real property interest or real property improvement located in the City of Phoenix, the specific location of, the approximate size of, and the value of the real property interest or real property improvement. If a controlled or dependent business deals in real estate interests or improvements, the Local Public Officer is required only to disclose the aggregate value of all real property interests or real property improvements located in the City of Phoenix and held by the business. If a Local Public Officer, any member of the Local Public Officer’s household, or a controlled or dependent business acquired or was divested of any real property interest or real property improvement located in the City of Phoenix during the reporting period, a description of the transaction and the date on which it occurred. If a controlled or dependent business deals in real estate interests or improvements, the Local Public Officer is required only to disclose the aggregate value of all of the real property transactions of the business. This paragraph does not apply to a Local Public Officer’s primary personal residence or to real property the Local Public Officer uses for personal recreation.

6. The name and address of each creditor to whom the local public officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household at any time during the reporting period owed a debt of more than one thousand dollars, whether in their own names or in the name of any other person. The name and address of each creditor to whom a controlled business or dependent business at any time during the reporting period owed a debt of more than ten thousand dollars, if the debt was at any time more than thirty percent of the total business indebtedness. If any of the above types of debt was incurred or discharged during the reporting period, both the transaction and the date on which it occurred must be disclosed. Disclosure of the name and address of a person to whom payments are made is sufficient disclosure of a creditor. This paragraph does not require disclosure of the following debts:

A. A debt owed by the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household that resulted from the ordinary conduct of a business that is not a controlled or dependent business.

B. Credit card transactions.

C. Retail installment contracts.

D. Debt owed on residences or recreational property exempt from disclosure under this section.

E. Debt owed on motor vehicles that are not used for commercial purposes.

F. Debts secured by cash values on life insurance.

G. Debts owed to relatives.

7. For each debt exceeding one thousand dollars owed to the Local Public Officer or to any member of the Local Public Officer’s household in their own names at any time during the reporting period, the name of the debtor and the amount of the debt. For each debt exceeding one thousand dollars owed to any other person for the use by, or for the benefit of, the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household, the name of the debtor and the amount of the debt. For each debt exceeding ten thousand dollars owed to a controlled or dependent business, the name of the debtor and the amount of the debt, if the debt constituted more than thirty percent of the total indebtedness to the business at any time during the reporting period. If any of the above types of debt was incurred or discharged during the reporting period, both the transaction and the date on which it occurred must be disclosed. This paragraph does not require the disclosure of a debt that resulted from the ordinary conduct of a business that is not a controlled or dependent business.

8. The name of each source of any gift, or accumulated gifts from a single source, of more than $500.00 received by the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household in their own names during the reporting period. The name of each source of any gift, or accumulated gifts from a single source, of more than $500.00 received during the reporting period by any other person for the use by, or for the benefit of, the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household. This paragraph does not require disclosure of the following gifts:

A. A gift received by will, by virtue of intestate succession, or by way of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or ancestor.

B. A gift received from any other member of the Local Public Officer’s household or from a relative to the second degree of consanguinity.

C. Reserved.

9. Any business license that was issued to or held by a Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household at any time during the reporting period. Any business license in which the local public officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household held an interest at any time during the reporting period. the disclosure must contain the name under which the license was issued. This paragraph applies only to business licenses issued by the City of Phoenix or by any other governmental agency if the Phoenix City Council was required to consider the license application before the license was issued.

10. Any bond, together with its value, held by the Local Public officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household at any time during the reporting period. This paragraph applies only to a bond issued by the City of Phoenix, any industrial development authority of the City of Phoenix, or any nonprofit corporation organized or authorized by the City of Phoenix, if the bond, as issued by a single entity, had a value in excess of one thousand dollars. If the Local Public Officer or any member of the Local Public Officer’s household acquired or was divested of any bond described above during the reporting period, a description of the transaction and the date on which it occurred.

11. The name of each meeting, conference or other event where the Public Officer is participating in the Public Officer’s official capacity if the travel-related expenses of $1,000.00 or more were incurred on behalf of the Public Officer and the travel-related expenses are not paid by the Public Officer. (Ord. No. G-5390, § 1, 2009; Ord. No. G-6241, 2016)