[EL] Administrative fines for campaign-finance violations

[Edward Still]

Tom,

Do you as Exec Director make the initial decision to impose a fine without
any input from the Clean Elections Commissioners?

Ed

Edward Still
Edward Still Law Firm LLC
429 Green Springs Hwy, STE 161-304
Birmingham AL 35209
205-320-2882
still at votelaw.com
www.votelaw.com/blog
www.edwardstill.com
www.linkedin.com/in/edwardstill <http://www.linkedin.com/edwardstill>



On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Collins <
Thomas.Collins at azcleanelections.gov> wrote:

>  My name is Tom Collins. I'm the executive director of clean elections in
> Arizona. We have a couple of valves. We have an administrative appeal, but
> the commission still gets to review the Alj determination. Then there is an
> appeal to superior court.
> Feel free to call next week if you want to chat. 602-364-3483.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com> wrote:
>
>   The Alabama Legislature has just passed amendments to our Fair Campaign
> Practices Act. Among the changes is a section that allows the Secretary of
> State (who receives the FCPA reports) to impose a fine for a late report
> and allows the Ethics Commission to impose a fine for a materially
> inaccurate report. The campaign organization may appeal to the Ethics
> Commission which may set aside or reduce a civil penalty upon a showing of
> good cause.
>
>  The Ethics Commission will have a small staff: a director, 2 lawyers, and
> 8 investigators.
>
>  Do you know any of states with small campaign-finance agencies that may
> impose fines and hear appeals from those fines? I am trying to figure out
> how the Commission is going to avoid entangling the prosecutorial and
> adjudicative functions.
>
> Edward Still
> Edward Still Law Firm LLC
>  429 Green Springs Hwy, STE 161-304
> Birmingham AL 35209
> 205-320-2882
> still at votelaw.com
> www.votelaw.com/blog
> www.edwardstill.com
> www.linkedin.com/in/edwardstill <http://www.linkedin.com/edwardstill>
>
>
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