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Montgomery Grand Jury Cites Law Problems In Complaint Against Former Governor Bob Riley
Rickey StokesViewed: 3411
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Date: Apr 16 2012 2:09 PM
A Montgomery County grand jury urged the Legislature to revisit ethics reform in a report issued last Friday, saying the state’s financial disclosure requirements and ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers were not clear enough to allow prosecution of offenses.
The grand jury, empaneled by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Johnny Hardwick, examined 12 complaints of PAC-to-PAC transfers or failure to filed reports in a timely manner filed over the last year. The complaints entangled a number of state leaders, including former Gov. Bob Riley, who headed a PAC that received a $50,000 contribution from an out-of-state PAC just a few months after Riley signed a law banning the practice.
The PAC-to-PAC ban made it illegal for most political action committees to transfer money among themselves. The practice had been used to obscure the sources of potentially controversial donations by moving donors' contributions through different organizations.
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