Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4256
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Penalties for violation of campaign reporting rules
Official statutory text
A. Every candidate or candidate committee for state or county
office and every other committee failing to file registrations and
reports of contributions and expenditures or statements of
inactivity on or before the days specified in Chapter 10 of the
Rules of the Ethics Commission shall be assessed by the Ethics
Commission a late filing fee of up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
for each day after a report of contributions and expenditures is due
that said report remains unfiled; provided, the total amount of such
fees assessed per report shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00).
B. Committees campaigning for or against an initiative or
referendum petition, legislative referendum, or a state question who
fail to file reports of contributions and expenditures on or before
the days specified in Chapter 10 of the Rules of the Ethics
Commission shall be assessed by the Ethics Commission a late filing
fee of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each day after a
report of contributions and expenditures is due that said report
remains unfiled; provided, the total amount of such fee assessed per
report filing shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
C. Every person failing to file a statement of financial
interests or financial disclosure statement on or before the days
specified in Chapter 15 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission shall
be assessed by the Ethics Commission a late filing fee of up to One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day the statement remains
unfiled; provided, the total amount of such fees assessed per
statement shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1008
D. The treasurer, except for treasurers for candidates or
candidate committees, may be liable for the late fee. Failure to
file a registration, report or statement shall be deemed to be a
separate offense for each day that the registration, report or
statement remains unfiled after it becomes due. The first Twenty-
five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per calendar year derived from
fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Ethics
Commission Fund and any amount in excess of Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) per calendar year shall be deposited in the
General Revenue Fund. Candidates or candidate committees shall not
pay such fees from campaign funds.
office and every other committee failing to file registrations and
reports of contributions and expenditures or statements of
inactivity on or before the days specified in Chapter 10 of the
Rules of the Ethics Commission shall be assessed by the Ethics
Commission a late filing fee of up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
for each day after a report of contributions and expenditures is due
that said report remains unfiled; provided, the total amount of such
fees assessed per report shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00).
B. Committees campaigning for or against an initiative or
referendum petition, legislative referendum, or a state question who
fail to file reports of contributions and expenditures on or before
the days specified in Chapter 10 of the Rules of the Ethics
Commission shall be assessed by the Ethics Commission a late filing
fee of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each day after a
report of contributions and expenditures is due that said report
remains unfiled; provided, the total amount of such fee assessed per
report filing shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
C. Every person failing to file a statement of financial
interests or financial disclosure statement on or before the days
specified in Chapter 15 of the Rules of the Ethics Commission shall
be assessed by the Ethics Commission a late filing fee of up to One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day the statement remains
unfiled; provided, the total amount of such fees assessed per
statement shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1008
D. The treasurer, except for treasurers for candidates or
candidate committees, may be liable for the late fee. Failure to
file a registration, report or statement shall be deemed to be a
separate offense for each day that the registration, report or
statement remains unfiled after it becomes due. The first Twenty-
five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per calendar year derived from
fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Ethics
Commission Fund and any amount in excess of Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) per calendar year shall be deposited in the
General Revenue Fund. Candidates or candidate committees shall not
pay such fees from campaign funds.
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