§11-340 Failure to file report; filing a substantially defective or deficient report. (a) True and accurate reports shall be filed with the commission on or before the due dates specified in this part. The commission may assess a fine against a person that is required to file a report under this part if the report is not filed by the due date or if the report is substantially defective or deficient, as determined by the commission.
(b) The fine for not filing a report by the due date, if assessed, shall not exceed $50 per day for the first seven days, beginning with the day after the due date of the report, and shall not exceed $200 per day thereafter; provided that:
(c) Subsection (b) notwithstanding, if a candidate committee does not file the preliminary primary report that is due ten calendar days prior to a primary, initial special, or initial nonpartisan election, or the preliminary general report that is due ten calendar days prior to a general, subsequent special, or subsequent nonpartisan election; or if a noncandidate committee does not file the preliminary primary report that is due ten calendar days prior to a primary, special, or nonpartisan election, or the preliminary general report that is due ten calendar days prior to a general election by the due date, the fine, if assessed, shall not exceed $300 per day; provided that, in aggregate:
(d) If the commission determines that a report is substantially defective or deficient, the commission shall notify the candidate committee by first class mail that:
(e) If the corrected report is not filed with the commission's electronic filing system on or before the fourteenth day after the notice of defect or deficiency has been mailed, the fine, if assessed, for a substantially defective or deficient report shall not exceed $50 per day for the first seven days, beginning with the fifteenth day after the notice was sent, and shall not exceed $200 per day thereafter; provided that:
(f) The commission shall publish on its website the names of all candidate and noncandidate committees that have failed to:
(g) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund. [L 2010, c 211, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 112, §8; am L 2017, c 108, §1 and c 109, §1; am L 2021, c 204, §1]