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Committees Fined for Filing Reports Late

January 10, 2005

For Immediate Release
January 10, 2005

Kelly Huff
Bob Biersack
Ian Stirton
George Smaragdis

COMMITTEES FINDED FOR FILING REPORTS LATE

WASHINGTON --The Federal Election Commission is releasing 18 more Administrative Fines cases with $23,571 in civil money penalties, bringing to 1,038 the number of cases made public with $1,394,398 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 1140

RESPONDENT:

Barrett for Congress (SC-03), Garrell H. Freeman, Jr., treasurer

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-Primary 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$1,775 civil money penalty

2.

AF 1141

RESPONDENT:

DeMint for Senate Committee, Inc. (SC), Jeffrey J. Parker, treasurer

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-Runoff 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$8,700 civil money penalty

3.

AF 1148

RESPONDENT:

Frist 2000 Inc. (TN), Linus D. Catignani, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:
Late

PENALTY:

$1,275 civil money penalty

4.

AF 1137

RESPONDENT:

Hoosiers for Hardy (IN-04), Diana L. Davis, treasurer

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-Primary 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

5.

AF 1139

RESPONDENT:

Joe Wilson for Congress Committee (SC-02), Donald H. Burkett, treasurer

REPORT:

12 Day Pre-Primary 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

6.

AF 1145

RESPONDENT:

Nadeau for Congress (NH-01), Philip McLaughlin, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$1,700 civil money penalty

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES

7.

AF 1171

RESPONDENT:

Colonial BancGroup Inc. Federal Political Action Committee (Colonial Fed PAC), Glenda Allred, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

PENALTY:

$1,125 civil money penalty

8.

AF 1172

RESPONDENT:

Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee (CBC-PAC), Arthur R. Collins, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

PENALTY:

$1,575 civil money penalty

9.

AF 1095

RESPONDENT:

District No 4 – NMU/MEBA AFL-CIO Political & Legislative Organization on Watch D/B/A, NMU PLOW, Charles Stewart, treasurer

REPORT:

Year End 2003

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$340 civil money penalty (Committee misunderstood an email sent by the Commission which led to the report being filed late.)

10.

AF 1160

RESPONDENT:

Friends of Ferris (MI), Robert A. Boyce, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$106 civil money penalty

11.

AF 1161

RESPONDENT:

Indiana Dental PAC, Raymond M. Maddox, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$332 civil money penalty

12.

AF 1162

RESPONDENT:

Magazine Publishers of America PAC (FKA Magazine Publishers Association PAC), James R. Cregan, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

13.

AF 1163

RESPONDENT:

NATSO PAC, William D. Fay, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$420 civil money penalty

14.

AF 1158

RESPONDENT:

Ohio Provider Resource Association PAC, Maureen Corcoran, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$205 civil money penalty

15.

AF 1166

RESPONDENT:

Regence BluePAC, R. Paul Warburton, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$168 civil money penalty

16.

AF 1170

RESPONDENT:

SouthEast Anesthesia Associates Political Action Committee, H. Arthur McCulloch, M.D., treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

17.

AF 1167

RESPONDENT:

Steamfitters Local 475 Political Action Committee, James Higgins, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$1,500 civil money penalty

18.

AF 1168

RESPONDENT:

Western United Dairymen''''s Association Federal Political Action Committee, Tom Mendes, treasurer

REPORT:

July Quarterly 2004

*LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

PENALTY:

$750 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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