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SUBJEC'!' :

SIIl\HON SNYDER

PRESS OFFICE

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UDY 1l1\\'JKINS

PUBLIC ISSUANCE Ol~' AUD1'1' REPORrr -

'l'EXAS lJEHOCRA'l'IC Pl\R1'Y-l~EDERl\L

Attached p]Cd~;l"' find a copy of the final audit report

of the 'l'c:-:as Democratic Party-Federal \-lhich \-Ia5 approved by

the Commission on November 27, 1978.

All in[ormaLi onul copies of the report haVL~ lJecn received

by all partic~ j 11\'01vou ~inJ this report mal' be released La

the public as of loday, December 12, 1978.

Attachnlcnt as stated

cc: Library

l~D~'

~ublic Record

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RFPOR7 Ol;' ~I'F Attnl'1' DIVISION

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Tl~~J'.S prr40CRA'rJ.C P·1\R~Y- T"~nrn}\.I.

A. Overvi.('\·/

This report if; based on Cln ancli t of the ''!'texas

Dl'p\ocraLic Party-FedL"lrdl ("the Cor.\Mittcc") unclcrtClkcn hy

the ]\\1c1 i t Divisian 0 t: the Pcnera1 Flection COT!\l111.sRion ).n

uccorcl.ancc \..7ith the COJllI~ir;si()n's audit policy to det.prni.nc

\\7hcth0r there' hils }"'cen cOPln] iancA \·,i th tbe provisions of

the Federal Flection C<lnI I ;liC1 11 J\ct of 197J., as cuncn<led ("1:h0

1\c t" ). ryl".c Clucl i t: \'ln~ conr1HC t('(l ourSUll n t to ~cc tion 111 P, (,-I) (Po)

of Ti tIe 2 0[ the {lni ted St a t0S Code \·.'hich directs the ('oP.lrLi~;~~ 1.0n

to make fror.~ time' to ti.me \1\1(li ts and ficlc1 invps tiqi1 ti ()ll~; \·!i th

respect to reports and statements filed under the provi~~i0n[;

of the l\ct.

'l'hc ComlTlittoc rC'~l:i.stcr('c1 \-lith the Federal ~]oct.i()r~

COITl.mi~;s.i on on Fcbru<lry ] (), 1978 uS Cl Federal .account of the'

n0nl(l(~ratic Party of 'J'Cxus. ':'hc Coruni t tee recci"eel ~'cxas I

proportion'-ltc share of th~ receipts collectccl hy the l\s~orii'tion

of ~tCltc ncr10criltic Cbairpor!'ionR nncl trClnsfcrrC'(l thor) tp t}lp

'.:'cxas DOn1ocra tic Party (non-Feeler,,]). r:r'he COMHi ttqe m:lin tain~

its heau<]uartcrs in l\ustin, ':'exus.

~hc audi t covcrc(1 the period from February 10, 1978

throuah ~1unc 30, 1978, the final covernqe (latE' of the most recent

rf'port filed by the CO~lt'i.ttc~ at the time of tJ1C nurlit.. mhe

Cop.u:~i ttcc rcnortoc1 a bc~ i.nnino cash halnncc OJ: Fe}"'r\l~ll.-\1 10, J.97P.

of $-0-, total rccC'lr'ts f0r the period of $lS,OP8.2;', tOlCl1 c:-:penc1i turcs for the pC'rio(: of $13,500.00 «ncl. a clC:'sin~l ci1sh halance 0n

June 30, 1973 of $4,588.22.

';'hi~ au(l it: r('por t i~ basccl on dOCUPH':l ts ane1 \·!(y,-}:ino

p;ll'crfi ,.-,.hi eh support cClch or the- factu.:l1 stat(1flc'nts. ':'hev form

l'~lrt of the record upon \\'hich the' CorlJ~'is;,ion 1'.:1:;0(1 it;, (~("\Gi~ions

0J) the Mat.l01"S in t.he report· ilno were u"\liluh](~ to Coru~lissioncr!'

(lticl upprC'llri~tc staff: for rcvic\\'.

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'T'he principal offi~('l·!j of thp Commit-t·pe' d\1rin~ the

1)('.' iOl1 iltHl i ted \-Jr'rt.? r-,.-. en] v i n l·~. CU('~' l, eha i rllllln, ~nd

f-tr. Jo~)(~ph c. GiHJf'n, 'J'rcasurer.

'j'}l(' illHlil incluc1('d such t(~~;ts ;l~; vf~)·i fication of' t'ot &11

r('portc<1 rc'cl~ipt~j and (~:·:pcnc1ilul-C~; illhl .illdiv.idual t.l-i1n:;de1:io11~j;

r (.v i t.' \.: () f r (·q \l i r (1(1 suppOI- t j n q docur:1(' n t: il t i () 11 ,11)(1 il Jl il1y ~; i : 0 f

Comm ittee lll'} d~; an(l 011 1 iqu tion~~; t1 nd ~~U('h () t.her iluc1 i t proc('el \l. ('B

as decmc(l n(\c('~jS;ll-Y undpr th('\ ci rcur.lr;t.tlnCl":~.

II. i\uditor'~; StclLC'lll('nt

I tis l11e ()p ; 11 i 011 n f ll1 ('\ ]\\1 d i tnta [r b a ~; ('(1 0 n e :{(lminil t. i (j 11

ofthl' rcport!, ;Ul< I t d , ('lQ(!ll l:; f i 1ed II nc1 t he reef> rc1:; pr<.::~('n If'd

that: '.l'CXilS D(\mOcrdt.ic i'drty-f·'edpl-al is not II po] itical c0m:~d t lcc~

i1~~ (l<"fjn(~cl by t.h(l [~ct tine! \·;tlS not ~~ull'i(~ct to t1l(! jurisdiction of

the Commission du 1·.i nq t he nu(li l per i od.

'rhis opinj()ll i~; };"l~;ed on thc' ft"lCt: that. th(' ('onnitl('e hit:;

not supported C~ll,d id~lt.l'~~ in conn('ct iO:1 \\~ith Fed('r~l ('l('cti()l1!~

il11(1 that it c':·:~ ~~t~: ~l~~ ~ln intf'rp10(1iarv bc,t\\'c~(}n thp i".:;soejation C\f

Stale l)cFlocriltic ella i l'I,,,~rsons nnd the 'l'(~XilS Dcmocr~ltic Pnrty

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The TrC'Ll,SUrt'l' ~:;tltt,'(l that tl1(! ['or~mitt(\(, \'iill (:nnlinu<.' L\")

file' rcport~; \·.'it.~1 LI1(' C()n~i~Li~:~sion until th<.' 11('\·:1',' L'lt"ct('c1 ftiltc

Part-y ChairmLlll dl'cl <.h'~; \·:h('tlH'r the Co:~u~\i t.t(~e l:i.J 1 function as

a pol i tical commi t l(\<.~ 01- terminntc.

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