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Process for recouping public funds in cases of rule violations
2:56:57
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Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about the process for recouping public funds in cases where campaigns violate rules, particularly in relation to illegal collaboration with super PACs. Executive Director Paul Seamus Ryan explains the procedure.
- Recouping public funds requires a finding of breach of certification by the CFB board.
- This process typically occurs in the context of an enforcement action after the election.
- Specific grounds for breach of certification are spelled out in CFB rules and law.
- Both the candidate and their campaign committee can be held personally liable for repayment of funds in case of violations.
Paul Seamus Ryan
2:56:57
And your reference to recouping funds, are you referring to public funds dispersed to campaigns?
2:57:04
Recouping public funds requires a finding of breach of certification by the board.
2:57:09
Okay.
2:57:10
And that is typically something historically that has come in the context of an enforcement action after the election.
2:57:17
That's the process by which a campaign that has received public funds and the board later determines that that campaign itself had violated the law to such a significant degree, there are specific grounds for breach of certification spelled out in our rules and in the law, that through an enforcement action, the board would hold both the candidate and the candidate could be personally liable for repayment of those funds jointly with their campaign committee.
2:57:45
Copy.
Lincoln Restler
2:57:03
Yes.