MUR #4932

RESPONDENTS: Michigan Republican State Committee; AT & T Corporation; Ameritech Corporation; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Campau, Robert M.; Consumer Energy Company; Gabrys, Richard M.; Jackson National Life Insurance Company; Kmart Corporation; Michigan Chamber of Commerce

COMPLAINANT: Brewer, Mark

SUBJECT: Allocation; Non-federal

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 6-0 to 1. Accept the conciliation agreement in MURs 4932, 5287 and 5288, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated June 7, 2003. 2. Take no further action in MUR 4851. 3. Take no action in MUR 4932 as to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Ameritech, Consumer Energy Company, Kmart Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, AT & T Corporation, and Jackson National Life Insurance Company. 4. Close the files in MURs 4851, 4932, 5287 and 5288 and approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated June 7, 2003.
Decided by vote 6-0 to: 1. Open a MUR in Audit Referral #00-06. 2. Find RTB that the Michigan Republican State Committee and Robert M. Campau, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(f), 441b(a), and 11 CFR 102.5(a)(1)(i), 104.10(b), and 106.5(a) and (g) in Audit Referral #00-06. 3. Find RTB that the Michigan Republican State Committee and Robert M. Campau, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4) and 441a(a)(2)(A), but take no further action. 4. Open a MUR in Audit Referral #01-03. 5. Find RTB that the Michigan Republican State Committee and Robert M. Campau, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(f), 441b(a), and 11 CFR 102.5(a)(1)(i), 104.10(b), and 106.5(a) and (g) in Audit Referral #01-03. 6. Enter into conciliation prior to a finding of PCTB with the Michigan Republican State Committee and Robert M. Campau, as treasurer, in Audit Referral #00-06 and Audit Referral #01-03. 7. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the GC Report dated July 11, 2002. 8. Approve the Conciliation Agreement, as recommended in the GC Report dated July 11, 2002; subject to the following revisions: a) Revise the civil penalty amount to $50,000; b) Attachment 7, Page 5, Lines 9 through 14: delete Paragraph #13; c) Attachment 7, Page 6: delete the word "that" which appears at the beginning of Line 5; d) Attachment 7, Page 7, revise the middle of Line 18 to read: "...reimburse its non-federal account..." 9. Approve the appropriate letters.