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For Immediate Release
November 5, 2001
(Corrected 12/4/01)

Contact:

 Kelly Huff
Ron Harris
Ian Stirton

 

COMMITTEES FINED FOR FILING REPORTS LATE

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission is releasing eight more Administrative Fines cases with $11,910 in civil money penalties, bringing to 290 the number of cases made public with $398,436 in fines collected. 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.

1.

AF 0078

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Jean Elliott Brown for Congress, William B. Brown, treasurer (FL)

 

   REPORT:

12 Day Pre-Primary 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

   PENALTY:

$650 civil money penalty

 

 

 

2.

AF 0106

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Steve Money for Congress, Elmer Hoffman, treasurer (OK)

 

   REPORT:

October Quarterly 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

   PENALTY:

$4,350 civil money penalty

3.

AF 0109

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Cathy McConn for Congress, James J. McConn, treasurer (TX)

 

   REPORT:

October Quarterly 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

   PENALTY:

$500 civil money penalty

 

 

 

4.

AF 0121

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Bob Griffiths for Congress, Thomas B. Freeman, treasurer (IN)

 

   REPORT:

October Quarterly 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

   PENALTY:

$310 civil money penalty

(Penalty reduced from $8,000 due to level of activity on report)

 

 

 

5.

AF 0190

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Larry Graham for Congress, Richard Laster, treasurer (NY)

 

   REPORT:

12 Day Pre-General 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Late

 

   PENALTY:

$1,200 civil money penalty

 

 

 

6.

AF 0200

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

Traficant for Congress, Robert W. Barlow, treasurer (OH)

 

   REPORT:

12 Day Pre-General 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

   PENALTY:

$3,000 civil money penalty

 

 

 

7.

AF 0295

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

American Ambulance Association Federal PAC (AKA AMBU-PAC), Tristan North, treasurer (DC)

 

   REPORT:

30 Day Post-General 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

   PENALTY:

$900 civil money penalty

 

 

 

8.

AF 0331

 

 

 

 

 

   RESPONDENTS:

American Ambulance Association Federal PAC (AKA AMBU-PAC), Tristan North, treasurer (DC)

 

   REPORT:

12 Day Pre-General 2000

 

* LATE/NON-FILER:

Non-Filer

 

   PENALTY:

$1,000 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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