25-4152. Failure to file certain reports; notice; civil penalties; waiver or collection of penalties.
25-4152
25-4152. Failure to file certain reports; notice;civil penalties; waiveror collection of penalties.(a) The commission shallsend a notice by registeredor certified mail to any person failing to file any report or statementrequired by K.S.A. 25-4144, 25-4145 or 25-4148, and amendments thereto,and to the candidate appointing any treasurer failing to file any suchreport, within the time period prescribed therefor.The notice shall state that the required report or statement has notbeen filed with either the office of secretary of state or countyelection officer or both. The person failing to file any report orstatement, and the candidate appointing any such person, shall be responsiblefor the filing of such report or statement. The notice alsoshallstate that such person shall have 15 days from the date such noticeis deposited in the mail to comply with theregistration and reportingrequirements before a civil penalty shall be imposed for each day thatthe required documents remain unfiled. If such person fails to complywithin the prescribed period, such person shall pay tothe state a civilpenalty of $10 per day for each day that such report orstatement remains unfiled, except that no such civil penalty shallexceed $300. The commissionmay waive, for good cause, payment of any civil penalty imposedby this section.
(b) Civil penalties provided for by this section shall beremitted tothe state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A.75-4215,andamendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the statetreasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the statetreasury tothe credit of the governmental ethics commission fee fund.
(c) If a person fails to pay a civil penalty provided for by thissection, it shall be the duty of the commission to bring an action torecover such civilpenalty inthe district court of the county in which such person resides.
History: L. 1981, ch. 171, § 11;L. 1984, ch. 145, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 122, § 7;L. 1991, ch. 150, § 10;L. 1995, ch. 203, § 3;L. 1998, ch. 117, § 10;L. 1998, ch. 168, § 1;L. 2001, ch. 5, § 90; July 1.