of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances. 1. Any municipality not subject to the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act, or any entity authorized under subsection B of Section 56-103 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may enact a comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances including policies and provisions for the administration and enforcement thereof. The Ethics Commission shall have no enforcement responsibilities under the Municipal Campaign Finance Disclosure for Exempted Municipalities Act. Municipal governments may provide for hearings, enforcement, and civil fines not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Hearings shall be conducted through the municipal court to adjudicate violations of the comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances as authorized in this act. Any judicial order from a municipal court under this section may be appealed to the district court having jurisdiction over the alleged or adjudicated violator. All appeals shall be de novo. Any civil fine issued under the provisions of the act may be converted to a civil judgment by the municipal government in the appropriate district court. Municipal governments have the authority to adopt ordinances necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this act. 2. Municipal governments enacting a comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances may contract with an interlocal entity created in accordance with the Interlocal Cooperation Act for the administration and enforcement of this act. The interlocal entity may assign adjudication of any potential violations of a municipality's campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances to any municipal court that has joined the interlocal entity in accordance with policies adopted by the interlocal entity. The assigned municipal court shall have jurisdiction to conduct the hearing, issue subpoenas, adjudicate the matter and issue judgment for civil fines for violations of municipal campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances of any member of the interlocal entity. Any civil fine issued under the provisions of this act may be converted to a civil judgment by the interlocal entity in the appropriate district court. The interlocal entity shall have the authority to adopt policies and procedures necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this act.
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