Staff: Bridgette Castillo, Senior Commission Counsel. Respondents were represented by Ashlee N. Titus of Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP. This matter arose from an audit performed by the Franchise Tax Board’s Political Reform Audit Program. New Car Dealer’s Association Issues PAC is a state general purpose committee that became a state primarily formed ballot measure committee at the end of September 2020. Thomas Hiltachk served as the Committee’s treasurer. The Committee and Hiltachk failed to file an amended Statement of Organization to re-designate the Committee to a primarily formed committee and properly amend the name of the Committee, in violation of Government Code Sections 84103 and 84107 (1 count). Total Proposed Penalty: $2,000.
