F-1/C-1 Brief Enforcement Penalty Schedule for Candidates
Candidate Registration
Statement (C-1)
Candidate Statement of Financial Affairs (F-1)
Penalty Schedule
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Status |
1st Occasion |
2nd Occasion |
3rd Occasion |
4th Occasion |
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Failed to file F-1 and/or C-1 by
date of enforcement hearing. |
$150 per report |
$300 per report, up to $500 |
Full Commission consideration |
Full Commission consideration |
|
Filed reports after hearing notice
but before enforcement hearing. Did not pay settlement amount. |
$100 per report |
$200 per report |
$400 |
Full Commission consideration |
|
Filed report after hearing notice
but before enforcement hearing. Provided written explanation or appeared at the
hearing to explain mitigating circumstances. Did not pay settlement amount. |
$0 - $100 per report |
$100 - $200 per report |
$200 - $400 |
Full Commission consideration |
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Provisos:
- The Presiding Officer has authority to suspend all or a portion of relevant penalty
under the conditions to be determined by that officer.
- If on the 3rd occasion, a filer has outstanding penalties or judgments, the matter
will be taken to the Full Commission for consideration.
- The Presiding Officer may direct a matter to the full Commission if the officer
believes $500 would be an insufficient penalty or the matter warrants consideration
by the full Commission.
- If previously imposed penalties remain unpaid and exceed the amount this penalty
schedule would otherwise prescribe for the current violation, the Presiding Officer
may impose a penalty not to exceed the amount of the outstanding penalty, up to
$500.
- "Occasion" means established violation. At the 4th occasion, among other factors,
the commission may consider if any prior violations and penalties were stipulated
to by the respondent, in determining the amount of the penalty.
- Cases will automatically be scheduled before the full Commission for an enforcement
action when the person: (a) was found in violation during a previous reporting period,
(b) the violation remains in effect following any appeals, and (c) the person has
not filed the disclosure forms that were the subject of the prior violation at the
time the current hearing notice is being sent.
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