| WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public
its final action on two matters previously under review (MURs). This release contains only
disposition information. Specific released documents placed on the public record
within the following closed MURs are cited following DISPOSITION heading. Release of these
documents is consistent with the district court opinion in the December 19, 2001, decision
of AFL-CIO v. FEC, now on appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Once an appellate
decision is rendered, the Commission will review documents related to cases released in
the interim.
| 1./2. |
MURs 5106/5107 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
(a) City of San Diego - City Civic Events Fund (b) 1996
Committee on Arrangements for the Republican National Convention, Alec Poitevint,
treasurer
(c) Republican National Committee, Alec Poitevint, treasurer
(d) San Diego Host Committee/Sail to Victory ’96, Patrick C. Shea, treasurer |
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| COMPLAINANT: |
FEC Initiated (Audit) |
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| SUBJECT: |
Exceeding convention expenditure limits; failure to report
contribution; corporate contribution; use of municipal funds |
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| DISPOSITION: |
(a) Conciliation Agreement: Respondent admits to violating
Federal Election Commission regulations governing municipal funds. (b) Reason to
believe, but took no further action*
[re: exceeding convention expenditure limits; failure to report contribution; corporate
contribution with regard to accepting an in-kind contribution from the San Diego Host
Committee]
No reason to believe*
[re: any violation of any statute or regulation within the Federal Election
Commission’s jurisdiction with regard to accepting a contribution from the Republican
National Committee]
(c) No reason to believe*
[re: any violation of any statute or regulation within the Federal Election
Commission’s jurisdiction with regard to contributing to the 1996 Committee on
Arrangements for the Republican National Convention]
(d) Reason to believe, but took no further action*
[re: corporate contributions; failure to report contribution] |
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| DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel’s Report; certification of vote by
Commissioners (September 26, 2000); General Counsel’s Report #5 (March 22, 2002);
certification of vote by Commissioners (March 27, 2002); Conciliation Agreement (City of
San Diego) |
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
| 1. Receipt of proper complaint |
3. "Probable cause" stage |
| 2. "Reason to believe" stage |
4. Conciliation stage |
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take any action. The
FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a complaint. If a violation is found and
conciliation cannot be reached, then the FEC can institute a civil court action against a
respondent. |
