|
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public
its final action on five 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.
| 1. |
MUR 4851 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Michigan Republican State Committee,
William H. Gnodtke, treasurer (b) Touma for Congress, Richard M.
Gabrys, treasurer
(c) Leslie A. Touma |
| |
COMPLAINANT: |
Mark Brewer, Chair, Michigan Democratic
State Central Committee |
| |
SUBJECT: |
Failure to report independent expenditures |
| |
DISPOSITION: |
(a) Reason to believe, but took no further
action* (b-c) Dismiss the complaint* |
| |
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel’s Report (dated March
4, 2003); certification of vote by Commissioners (dated March 18, 2003);
General Counsel’s Report #3 (dated June 9, 2003); certification of vote
by Commissioners (dated June 12, 2003) |
| 2-4. |
MURs 4932/5287/5288 |
|
| |
RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Michigan Republican State Committee,
Robert M. Campau, treasurer [4932/5287/5288] (b) Michigan Chamber of
Commerce [4932]
(c) Ameritech [4932]
(d) Consumer Energy Company [4932]
(e) Kmart Corporation [4932]
(f) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan [4932]
(g) AT&T Corporation [4932]
(h) Jackson National Life Insurance Company [4932] |
| |
COMPLAINANT: |
Mark Brewer, Chair, Michigan Democratic
State Central Committee [4932] Audit Referrals [5287/5288] |
| |
SUBJECT: |
Failure to allocate shared disbursements;
failure to pay allocable expenses from federal account; use of
impermissible funds |
| |
DISPOSITION: |
(a) Conciliation Agreement: $45,000 civil
penalty* Respondents will reimburse the Committee’s non- federal
accounts in the amount of $276,826 within 14 months after the date that
this agreement becomes effective.
(b-h) Took no action* |
| |
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel’s Report (dated July
11, 2002); certification of vote by Commissioners (dated July 23, 2002);
General Counsel’s Report #3 (dated June 9, 2003); certification of vote
by Commissioners (dated June 12, 2003); Conciliation Agreement |
| |
|
|
| 5. |
MUR 5376 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Quayle 2000, Inc., William R. Neale,
treasurer (b) Campaign America, Inc., Wesley T. Foster, treasurer |
| |
COMPLAINANT: |
FEC Initiated (Audit) |
| |
SUBJECT: |
Excessive contributions |
| |
DISPOSITION: |
(a-b) Reason to believe, but took no
further action* |
| |
DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Certification of vote by Commissioners
(dated July 8, 2003); First General Counsel’s Report (dated June 19,
2003) |
*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.
# # #
|
