JEFFERSON CITY — A campaign committee that donated $600,000 to Attorney General Chris Koster during last November’s election has agreed to pay the Missouri Ethics Commission $10,000 in a “fee” for violations of state election laws.

The ethics commission published it’s finding against the Democratic Attorneys General Association, Inc. (DAGA), this week after an investigation that began during the campaign. Travis Berry, executive director of DAGA, based in Denver, Colo., said the organization self-reported its errors, which he called technical in nature.

“While MEC and DAGA agreed that all of DAGA’s contributions were fully and completely reported during the campaign, there were several technical flaws in the committees filing,” Berry said. “These errors were identified and reported by DAGA, however, because DAGA was indeed out of compliance for a period of time, DAGA agreed to pay a fee to the MEC.”

The MEC found that DAGA, which exists to help elect Democratic attorneys general, donated $300,000 to Koster before its state committee was properly set up, and it donated the other $300,000 without having a proper treasurer living in the state of Missouri.

The consent order in the case notes that DAGA made donations of $200,000 to Koster on Sept. 19 and $100,000 to Koster on Sept. 30, but the group hadn’t yet opened a Missouri bank account or filed for a campaign committee.

Berry, who acted as treasurer for the committee, lives in Denver. The committee listed a Democratic operative from Missouri as the treasurer on its state committee. That person, Jason Cohen, was fined $2,000, but the fee will be reduced to $200 if he pays it within 45 days of the order and commits no further campaign violations in Missouri in the next two years.

Koster had been cleared by the MEC of another alleged violation of campaign laws. He was accused of direction donations made to a committee controlled by ally Chuck Hatfield.

DAGA and the MEC reached a consent order agreeing that campaign laws were violated and the fee would be imposed. No further enforcement action is expected.