Penalty for refusal to furnish information: Commission may impose daily monetary sanctions and recommend disciplinary action. The Information Commission may impose a capped daily monetary penalty where a Public Information Officer without reasonable cause refuses applications, delays or fails to furnish information within prescribed time, mala fidely denies requests, provides incorrect or misleading information, destroys requested records, or obstructs information; the officer must be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard and bears the burden of proving reasonable and diligent conduct. For persistent failures, the Commission may recommend disciplinary action under the officer's service rules.