Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson violated “multiple provisions” of state campaign finance law, but won’t face any immediate repercussions, the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance concluded this month.

The violations, which included her failure to report the lion’s share of more than $30,000 in campaign contributions in a timely fashion and receipt of individual contributions in excess of the $1,000 state limit, were discovered during a “routine analysis” of the Anderson Committee’s campaign finance reports for the time period of November 2023 to September 2024, the OCPF’s top official wrote in a Nov. 14 letter.

“The committee’s late disclosure of contributor information, excess contributions received, and late disclosure of details relating to expenditures did not comply with the campaign finance law,” OCPF Director William Campbell wrote in a letter sent to Fernandes Anderson. “However, because the appropriate remedial actions have taken place, OCPF has determined that no further action is warranted at this time.”

The letter notes that Fernandes Anderson agreed to appoint a new treasurer for her campaign committee to ensure future compliance with the campaign finance law. It also included a warning that “further instances of noncompliance may result in referral to the Attorney General,” a position held by former Boston city councilor Andrea Campbell.

“The campaign finance law requires political committees to file timely campaign finance reports that accurately reflect the committee’s financial activity,” Campbell wrote, listing the Anderson Committee’s failure to do so among the “multiple provisions” of the law that were violated, as uncovered by the OCPF review.

Roughly $32,900 of the $34,500 deposited into the Anderson Committee’s campaign account during that 11-month period “was not timely filed” in e-file reports disclosing contributor information by the 5th of each month, as required by law for Boston City Council candidates, Campbell wrote.

“It was only after numerous letters, phone calls, and emails from OCPF staff, that the committee e-filed the required deposit reports,” Campbell, the OCPF director, wrote. “The committee’s delay in filing the reports frustrated the goal of the campaign finance law’s requirement of accurate and timely disclosure and violated (the law).”

Campbell wrote that required repetitive contact from OCPF staff was also needed for the Anderson Committee to provide clarity for 46 expenditures totaling roughly $14,400, by way of amending its bank reports with the payee name and purpose information for all expenditures over $50, as required by campaign finance law.

The campaign finance reports had not been filed in a timely and accurate manner, he wrote, and the committee’s delay in filing “frustrated the goal” of the state law.

The letter also notes that Fernandes Anderson received individual contributions in excess of $1,000, the amount capped by state campaign finance law, in 2023 and 2024. During 2023, the councilor’s campaign committee received a total of $1,500 in excess contributions from two individuals, while in 2024, a donor made an excess contribution of $250, Campbell wrote.

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The Anderson Committee further received contributions of $100 from the Committee to Elect Elizabeth Miranda, a state senator who represents Boston, on two separate occasions in 2023, exceeding the $100 limit that can be contributed from one committee to another in a single calendar year, the letter states.

The letter notes that the Anderson Committee took steps to resolve the excess contributions, by purging $1,750 to the Commonwealth on Sept. 26, to take care of the individual matter, and refunding the Miranda Committee the $100 excess contribution, which didn’t take place until the following year, in April 2024.

The Herald’s requests for comment from Fernandes Anderson, who is in her second term on the City Council and has faced past scrutiny for a state ethics violation, and the treasurer listed for her campaign, Louis Roca, were not returned on Thursday.