32-1612 Civil penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

32-1612. Civil penalty.(1) The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission shall assess any person that the commission finds to have violated subsection (4) of section 32-1607 a civil penalty of two thousand dollars or an amount equal to ten percent of the amount by which the estimate was exceeded, whichever is greater, for each violation.(2) If the commission finds that a person violated subsection (4) of section 32-1604.01 by making expenditures exceeding the spending limitations in an amount that does not exceed five percent of the spending limitations, the commission shall assess such person a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars. If the commission finds that a person violated subsection (4) of section 32-1604.01 by making expenditures exceeding the spending limitations in an amount that exceeds five percent of the spending limitations, the commission shall assess such person a civil penalty of twice the amount by which the expenditures exceeded the spending limitations or two thousand dollars, whichever is greater.(3) Unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided, the commission shall assess any person that it finds to have violated any other provision of the Campaign Finance Limitation Act a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars for each violation. SourceLaws 1997, LB 420, § 12; Laws 2006, LB 188, § 12.