11 CFR § 111.34 - If the respondent decides to pay the civil money penalty and not to challenge the reason to believe finding, what should the respondent do?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t11/s111.34"
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title: "11 CFR § 111.34 - If the respondent decides to pay the civil money penalty and not to challenge the reason to believe finding, what should the respondent do?"
title_number: 11
title_name: "Federal Elections"
section_number: "111.34"
section_name: "If the respondent decides to pay the civil money penalty and not to challenge the reason to believe finding, what should the respondent do?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "111"
part_name: "COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE (52 U.S.C. 30109, 30107(a))"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 111.34 If the respondent decides to pay the civil money penalty and not to challenge the reason to believe finding, what should the respondent do?

(a) The respondent shall transmit payment in the amount of the civil money penalty to the Commission within forty (40) days of the Commission's reason to believe finding.

(b) Upon receipt of the respondent's payment, the Commission shall send the respondent a final determination that the respondent has violated the statute or regulations and the amount of the civil money penalty and an acknowledgment of the respondent's payment.