11 CFR § 111.40 - What happens if the respondent does not pay the civil money penalty pursuant to 11 CFR 111.34 and does not submit a written response to the reason to believe finding pursuant to 11 CFR 111.35?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t11/s111.40"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "11 CFR § 111.40 - What happens if the respondent does not pay the civil money penalty pursuant to 11 CFR 111.34 and does not submit a written response to the reason to believe finding pursuant to 11 CFR 111.35?"
title_number: 11
title_name: "Federal Elections"
section_number: "111.40"
section_name: "What happens if the respondent does not pay the civil money penalty pursuant to 11 CFR 111.34 and does not submit a written response to the reason to believe finding pursuant to 11 CFR 111.35?"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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."
cfr_part: "111"
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# 111.40 What happens if the respondent does not pay the civil money penalty pursuant to 11 CFR 111.34 and does not submit a written response to the reason to believe finding pursuant to 11 CFR 111.35?
(a) If the Commission, after the respondent has failed to pay the civil money penalty and has failed to submit a written response, determines by an affirmative vote of at least four (4) of its members that the respondent has violated 52 U.S.C. 30104(a) and determines the amount of the civil money penalty, the respondent shall be notified in writing of its final determination.
(b) The respondent shall transmit payment of the civil money penalty to the Commission within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Commission's final determination.
(c) Failure to pay the civil money penalty may result in the commencement of collection action under 31 U.S.C. 3701 *et seq.* (1996), or a civil suit pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(6)(A), or any other legal action deemed necessary by the Commission.
[65 FR 31794, May 19, 2000, as amended at 79 FR 77848, Dec. 29, 2014; 89 FR 218, Jan. 2, 2024]