STATE
OF
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD
CONCILIATION
AGREEMENT
In the matter of the
Friends of Chad Hobot Committee, #15149 51A.
Pursuant to Minn. Stat.
§10A.28, subd. 3, the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board and Chad Hobot hereby agree as follows:
1. During calendar year 2000 the Friends of
Chad Hobot Committee accepted $5,074.78 in
contributions from special sources. These sources include registered lobbyists
from whom the Committee accepted $125 and political committees or political
funds from which the Committee accepted $4,949.78. The total amount of these
contributions exceeded by $10.78 the applicable limit on aggregate
contributions from special sources, which, for this candidate, was $5,064. The
amount of the excess contributions was not returned to the contributors within
60 days as required by Minn. Stat. §10A.15, subd. 3.
2. By memorandum
dated
3. Board records show that this is the first
calendar year in which the Friends of Chad Hobot
Committee reported acceptance of contributions, which exceeded the applicable
aggregate contribution limit. The Friends of Chad Hobot
Committee registered with the Board on
4. The parties agree that the Friends of
Chad Hobot Committee accepted excessive contributions
from special sources resulting in an inadvertent violation of Minn. Stat. §10A.
27, subd. 11,
in calendar year 2000.
5. Chad Hobot
hereby agrees to return to donors of the contributions, described in paragraph
one, $10.78, one times the amount by which the aggregate contributions exceeded
20 percent of the expenditure limit. Copies of the checks and the accompanying
letters returning the contributions must be forwarded to the Board within 30
days after the date this Conciliation Agreement is signed by the Board Chair.
6. The Board imposes a civil fine of $10.78,
one times the amount by which the contributions exceeded the applicable limit,
to be paid to the Board for deposit in the general fund of the state.
7. Chad Hobot
hereby agrees to forward to the Board $10.78 by check or money order payable to
the STATE OF MINNESOTA within 30 days after the date this Agreement is signed
by the Board chair. It is agreed by the parties that the copies of the checks
and the accompanying letters returning the contributions, payment of the civil
fine of $10.78, and this Conciliation Agreement will be a bar to any civil
proceeding under Minn. Stat. §10A.28, subds. 3 & 4.
8. It is further understood and agreed,
however, that if the excess amount of $10.78 is not returned as specified in
paragraph 5 above, or the civil fine of $10.78 is not paid within the time specified
in paragraph 7 above, then Chad Hobot will be liable
to pay a civil fine, under Minn. Stat. §§10A.28 and 10A.34, subd.
1, in an amount calculated as follows:
(a) $21.56 or two times the amount by which the contributions exceeded the statutory limit, if payment is received 31 to 60 days after the date this Agreement is signed by the Board Chair;
(b) $32.34 or three times the amount by which the contributions exceeded the statutory limit, if payment is received 61 to 90 days after the date this Agreement is signed by the Board Chair;
(c) $43.12 or four times the amount by which the contributions exceeded the statutory limit, if payment is received 91 to 120 days after the date this Agreement is signed by the Board Chair.
9. It is further understood that if the
excess contributions are not returned within the time specified in paragraph 5
above, or the civil fine is not paid within the time specified in paragraph 7
above, then pursuant to Minn. Stat. §10A.34, subd. 1,
10. It is further understood that if the
contributions are not returned within the time specified in paragraph 5 above,
and the civil fine is not paid as agreed, within the times specified in
paragraphs 7 and 8 above, the Board will proceed to enforce the provisions of
Minn. Stat. §10A.28, subd. 4.
11. It is further understood and agreed that
this Agreement is confidential until signed by Chad Hobot
and the Board Chair; the signed Agreement then shall become a matter of public
record, and the statutory requirement of confidentiality shall no longer apply.
Minn. Stat. §§10A.02, subd. 11 and 10A.28, subd. 3.
Dated: May 9, 2001
Chad Hobot
Approved by the Campaign Finance and Public
Disclosure Board
May 15, 2001
Will Fluegel,
chair
Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board