SUMMARY:  LC 28 7568ERS  Relates to issues surrounding filings of reports by candidates to the Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission and fines that resulted as a result of such issues.  Such issues included an outdated records-keeping and notification system.

REQUIREMENTS:  The Commission is to assume a rebuttable presumption that candidates for local office filed or attempted to file campaign and personal financial disclosure reports with the Commission and authorizes the Commission to waive late fees, fines, and civil penalties which were imposed on candidates for local government office for failure to file or incomplete filing of such reports during the time the system was in place and to refund late fees, fines, and civil penalties remitted by such candidates after January 1, 2014, for such alleged violations occurring before then.

However, candidates for local government office who are shown to have knowingly and willfully failed to make required  filings, the Commission may pursue enforcement actions against such persons and sanction them accordingly 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Upon approval by the General Assembly and Governor.