Existing law provides that a candidate, person, organization, committee, political party or nonprofit corporation that reports its contributions, campaign expenses, independent expenditures or other expenditures after the date the report is due is subject to a civil penalty, which is, for a report filed: (1) not more than 7 days late, $25 for each day the report is late; (2) more than 7 days, but not more than 15 days late, $50 for each day the report is late; and (3) more than 15 days late, $100 for each day the report is late. For a public officer who is not entitled to receive compensation for his or her office or a candidate for such an office, the civil penalty for filing a report after the date the report is due must not exceed $100 if the public officer or candidate receives no contributions and makes no expenditures during the relevant reporting periods. (NRS 294A.420) This bill expands this limitation on the amount of civil penalty to apply to any public officer or candidate who receives no contributions and makes no expenditures during the relevant reporting periods, regardless of whether the public officer or candidate is entitled to receive compensation for his or her office.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 294A.420
BDR: 294A.420