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Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:56 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:56
From MySANews:
The Texas Ethics Commission has slapped Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, with a $3,100 fine after validating multiple errors in the veteran lawmaker’s campaign finance reports.
The commission determined that the violations were neither technical nor minimal.
A couple of violations involved improper reimbursements, such as giving checks to colleagues — Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, and Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City — to cover her share of gifts the lawmakers presented to committee chairmen. Those payments should have been made directly to the store or company from which the gifts were bought.