Tveit, Gina: PDC Case 15-045
Case
#35179
Respondent
Tveit, Gina
Complainant
Michael Clay
Description
A complaint was filed in May of 2014 against Gina Tveit, an incumbent Stevens County District Court Judge, and a candidate for re-election to that office in 2014. An enforcement hearing was held before the Commission on October 22, 2015, in which the Commission accepted a partial Stipulation to Facts, and concluded that Ms. Tveit violated RCW 42.17A.235 and RCW 42.17A.240 by: (1) failing to timely file her June 2014 C-4 Summary, Full Report of Contributions and Expenditures, with expenditures totaling $6,551 (32 days late); (2) failing to timely file a C-3 Monetary Contributions report disclosing a $24,791 contribution from the candidate (119 days late); (3) failing to timely file C-4 reports disclosing $24,791 in expenditures (54—97 days late); (4) failing to timely file a C-4 report disclosing the $4,500 in-kind contribution from Mr. Ghramm and a $2,600 debt owed to Mr. Ghramm to repay the over-limit portion of his in-kind contribution (nearly a year late); and (5) failing to disclose orders placed totaling $22,113 on the C-4 report.
The Commission assessed Ms. Tveit a civil penalty of $4,500. Of the total penalty amount, $1,500 was suspended based on the following conditions: (a) Ms. Tveit files her 2014 contribution and expenditure reports electronically within 30 days of the date of the final order; (b) Ms. Tveit commits no violations of RCW 42.17A within four years of the date of the final order in this matter; and (c) Ms. Tveit pays the non-suspended portion of the penalty ($3,000) within 30 days of the date of the final order.
Disposition
Violation Found by Commission
Date Opened
May 08, 2018
Areas of Law
RCW 42.17A.235, RCW 42.17A.240
Documents
Penalties
Total penalties: $4,500
Balance Due: $0
Tveit, Gina
Penalty
$4,500
Suspended
$1,500
Payments
$3,000
on 12/28/2015
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