[EL] Administrative fines for campaign-finance violations

[Thomas Collins]

No the commission imposes any fines. I make a recommendation which is subject to a vote, of course, and/or modification.

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On Jun 14, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com<mailto:still at votelaw.com>> wrote:

Tom,

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

Ed

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On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Collins <Thomas.Collins at azcleanelections.gov<mailto: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<tel:602-364-3483>.
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On Jun 14, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com<mailto: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.

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