Capitol Alert has obtained a list of campaign contributors and committees who have been fined for failing to comply with state reporting rules -- and have yet to pay up.
The fines for each violation, which range from $10 to $21,250, result from a $10 per-day penalty issued to campaign donors who failed to file their financial disclosure forms by the reporting deadline.
In one case, a contributor late on multiple forms - the Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee - accumulated $104,000 in debt.
Hundreds of late filers have racked up a grand total of $888,730 in fines, all of which would go into the general fund.
Secretary of State spokeswoman Nicole Winger wrote in an e-mail that staff resource limitations and the fact that some contributor committees are terminated after the election cycle makes it difficult to collect the cash owed by the chronic debtors.
The list includes the names and the amount of money owed by violators who received a final demand for payment notice by Nov. 21. Several of the major violators on the list - such as the Sac Dems and Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth - have asked for time to address their delinquency or are in the process of negotiating settlements for a fine waiver or reduction, Winger said.
"It is important to note this report is a snapshot in time (November 21, 2009), and changes daily as fines are paid, assessed, waived, reduced or corrected due to clerical error," she wrote in an e-mail.
Some familiar names are on the list of violators and money owed, which you can check out yourself here. Click here to sort the violations by name or fine.
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