Committees Fined for Filing Reports Late
| For Immediate Release May 06, 2004 |
Contact: | Kelly Huff Bob Biersack Ian Stirton George Smaragdis |
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| COMMITTEES FINED FOR FILING REPORTS LATE | ||
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission is releasing 8 more Administrative Fines cases with $14,395 in civil money penalties, bringing to 943 the number of cases made public with $1,239,644 in fines collected by the FEC. In addition, there are numerous cases in various stages of the Administrative Fines process. Closed Administrative Fines case files are available in the FEC?s Press and Public Records offices.
The Administrative Fine Program, authorized by Congress in 1999 in response to a legislative recommendation made by the FEC (see News Release May 31, 2000), has a twofold purpose: to free critical Commission resources for more important and complex enforcement efforts, and to reduce the number of financial reports filed late or not at all. The Administrative Fines Program encompasses a range of civil money penalties set high enough to discourage committees from considering them an acceptable ?cost of doing business?, but not so high as to be exorbitant.
Civil money penalties will be determined by the number of days late, the amount of financial activity involved, and any prior penalties for reporting violations. Election sensitive reports (reports and notices filed prior to an election) will receive higher penalties.
CANDIDATE COMMITTEES
| 1. | AF 981 | |
| RESPONDENT: | DeLay for Congress, John L. Przybysz, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | Year End 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $3,500 civil money penalty (not collected) | |
| 2. | AF 889 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Friends of Jim Farrin, Julian H. Gingold, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $1,100 civil money penalty |
PARTY COMMITTEES
| 3. | AF 927 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Louisville & Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee, Chris Bachelder, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $2,850 civil money penalty | |
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
| 4. | AF 1084 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Campaign for Americas Future, Stanley R. De Waal, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | December Monthly 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $145 civil money penalty | |
| 5. | AF 910 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Charles A. Wolfe, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $3,100 civil money penalty | |
| 6. | AF 1019 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Local 617 COPE Committee, Minnie McElroy, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | Year End 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $700 civil money penalty (Reduced from $1,400 due to level of activity on report.) |
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| 7. | AF 913 | |
| RESPONDENT: | NEWSTAR PAC (FKA The New Century Federal PAC), J. Karen Butler, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $750 civil money penalty | |
| 8. | AF 920 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Select Milk Producers PAC, Renee Miles, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $2,250 civil money penalty |
*Late filers are those committees filing reports after the due date, but within 30 days of the due date and/or filing election sensitive reports after due date, but prior to four days before election. Non-filers are committees that have either not filed a report or filed a report after the parameters outlined above.
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