LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska sheriff who gave his wife a department job has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine for violating state disclosure rules.

Merrick County Sheriff Kevin Campbell acknowledged in a settlement released Friday that he hired his wife part-time in August 2011, and was employing her full-time by August 2012.

Campbell was fined by the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission for not filing a disclosure notice with the county clerk. The commission says he also failed to advertise the job as required when it became a full-time position.

Campbell says the violations were unintentional, but he accepts responsibility. He says the first disclosure filing was mistakenly sent to the county attorney instead of the clerk, and he didn’t realize he had to advertise again when the job became full-time.