Indiana § 3-9-4-20 - Settlement agreement to pay proposed civil penalty

§ 3-9-4-20. Settlement agreement to pay proposed civil penalty

Sec. 20. (a) Notwithstanding section 16 of this chapter, if a person is notified by the election division that the commission may assess a proposed civil penalty under this article against the person, the person may enter into an agreement with the election division to pay the proposed penalty and waive a hearing before the commission otherwise required under section 16 of this chapter.

(b) An agreement entered into under this section must:

(1) provide for the payment of the entire proposed civil penalty not later than the date of the execution of the agreement; and

(2) be presented to the commission by the election division for ratification at the commission's next regularly scheduled meeting.

As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.21.

IC 3-9-5Chapter 5. Reports Required of Candidates and Committees

3-9-5-1Application of chapter 3-9-5-2Persons required to file with election division 3-9-5-3Candidates for legislative office; circuit court clerk shall provide copies of report, notice, or other instrument from state website upon request; charges for copies 3-9-5-4Persons required to file with county election board 3-9-5-5Receipts and expenditures; forms 3-9-5-6Time for completion of reports 3-9-5-7Delivering reports; filing deadline 3-9-5-8Report of candidate other than candidate for state office who becomes candidate less than 25 days before convention 3-9-5-8.2Candidates nominated by petition 3-9-5-8.4Candidate who files declaration of intent to be write-in candidate 3-9-5-8.5Candidate selected to fill vacancy 3-9-5-9Off-year reports; pre-election reports; filing reports when municipal primary or election not conducted 3-9-5-10Annual report of treasurer 3-9-5-11Disbandment of committee; final report 3-9-5-12Outgoing treasurer; final report; filing of report by the chair of committee under certain circumstances 3-9-5-13Filing duplicate federal reports 3-9-5-14Committee treasurer's report 3-9-5-15Contributions and expenditures made on behalf of candidates; reports 3-9-5-16Cumulative reports 3-9-5-17Repealed 3-9-5-18Candidate's statement; political action committee statement 3-9-5-19Repealed 3-9-5-20Repealed 3-9-5-20.1Supplemental large contribution report of candidates other than candidates for state office 3-9-5-21Repealed 3-9-5-22Supplemental large contribution report of candidates for state office