Committees Fined for Filing Reports Late
| For Immediate Release June 8, 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 nine more Administrative Fines cases with $67,750 in civil money penalties, bringing to 957 the number of cases made public with $1,302,394 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 636 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Cox for U.S. Senate Committee, Inc., John H. Cox, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 48 Hour Notices 2002 Primary | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $ 22,150 civil money penalty | |
| 2. | AF 673 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Friends of Bob Gross Committee, Clark A. Wilkinson, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | July Quarterly 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $ 2,700 civil money penalty (not paid) | |
| 3. | AF 793 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Friends of Bob Gross Committee, Clark A. Wilkinson, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | October Quarterly 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $ 2,700 civil money penalty (not paid) | |
| 4. | AF 660 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Jim Baker for Congress, Anna R. Kennedy, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | July Quarterly 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $ 2,700 civil money penalty | |
| 5. | AF 614 | |
| RESPONDENT: | New Mexicans for Bill Richardson, Lars Anderson, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | April Quarterly 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $ 4,100 civil money penalty | |
| 6. | AF 884 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Strickland for Colorado, Inc., Alan Schwartz, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $ 6,400 civil money penalty |
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
| 7. | AF 827 | |
| RESPONDENT: | National Committee for an Effective Congress, James E. Byron, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 12 Day Pre-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $ 9,000 civil money penalty | |
| 8. | AF 955 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Pro-Life Campaign Committee, Pablo Gersten, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | 30 Day Post-General 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Non-Filer | |
| PENALTY: | $12,000 civil money penalty | |
| 9. | AF 1020 | |
| RESPONDENT: | Pro-Life Campaign Committee, Pablo Gersten, treasurer | |
| REPORT: | Year End 2002 | |
| *LATE/NON-FILER: | Late | |
| PENALTY: | $6,000 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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