Ariz. Admin. Code § R2-20-111 - Non-participating Candidate Reporting Requirements and Contribution Limits
A. Any person may
file a complaint with the Commission alleging that any non-participating
candidate or that candidate's campaign committee has failed to comply with or
violated A.R.S. §
16-941(B).
Complaints shall be processed as prescribed in Article 2 of these rules. In
addition to those penalties outlined in
R2-20-222(B),
a non-participating candidate or candidate's campaign committee violating
A.R.S. §
16-941(B) shall be subject to penalties prescribed in
A.R.S. §
16-941(B) and A.R.S. §
16-942(B) and (C) as applicable.
B. Penalties under A.R.S. §
16-942(B):
1. For an election involving a candidate for
statewide office, the civil penalty shall be $300 per day.
2. For an election involving a legislative
candidate, the civil penalty shall be $100 per day.
3. The penalties in (a) and (b) shall be
doubled if the amount not reported for a particular election cycle exceeds ten
percent (10%) of the applicable one of the adjusted primary election spending
limit or adjusted general election spending limit.
4. The dollar amounts in items (a) and (b),
and the spending limits in item (c) are subject to adjustment of A.R.S. §
16-959.
C. Penalties under A.R.S. §
16-942(C):
Where a campaign finance report filed by a non-participating candidate or that
candidate's campaign committee indicates a violation of A.R.S. §
16-941(B) that involves an amount in excess of ten
percent (10%) of the sum of the adjusted primary election spending limit and
the adjusted general election spending limits specified by A.R.S. §
16-961(G) and (H) as adjusted pursuant to A.R.S. §
16-959, that violation shall result in disqualification of a candidate or forfeiture of
office.
D. Penalties under A.R.S. §
16-941(B):
Regardless of whether or not there is a violation of a reporting requirement, a
person who violates A.R.S. §
16-941(B) is subject to a civil penalty of three times
the amount of money that has been received, expended, or promised in violation
of A.R.S. §
16-941(B) or three times the value in money for an
equivalent of money or other things of value that have been received, expended,
or promised in violation of A.R.S. §
16-941(B).
E. The twenty percent reduction in A.R.S. §
16-941(B) applies to all campaign contributions limits
on contributions that are permitted to be accepted by nonparticipating
candidates.
F. Contribution limits
as adjusted by A.R.S. §
16-931
shall be the base level contribution limits subject to reduction pursuant to
A.R.S. §
16-941(B).
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