( CNN ) -- A day after the Federal Elections Commission slapped Joe Biden with a $ 219,000 fine for spending violations during his failed presidential bid , a spokeswoman for the vice president is calling the ruling `` commonplace . '' `` Some repayment is commonplace after presidential campaign audits and the repayment ordered here is relatively small , '' said Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander . `` Payment is due to the Treasury 30 days after the FEC issues its formal ruling and 'Biden for President ' will comply with that . '' In a report released Friday , the FEC said a mandatory audit showed the campaign had accepted contributions above the legal limit , failed to adequately pay for rides on a private jet , and issued several checks that had never been cashed . Specifically , the FEC found Biden had not returned more than $ 106,000 in contributions that exceeded the legal limit of $ 2,300 per-person for a presidential candidate.The FEC also found the committee had not returned more than $ 1 million in over-the-limit contributions in `` a timely manner . '' The commission report also said the campaign failed to adequately pay for a ride three people received on a private jet between New Hampshire and Iowa in June of 2007 because the campaign reimbursed the owner of the aircraft at a significantly below-market rate . The reimbursement for the flight was based on comparable commercial first-class tickets . But because the plane was designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as a charter aircraft , the campaign underpaid by close to $ 27,000 , the FEC report says . The FEC report also found Biden owes $ 86,000 as a result of stale-dated checks -- that is , checks that the payees have not cashed . According to the FEC , if the campaign has issued checks that the payees have not cashed within a reasonable time frame , the campaign must reimburse the Treasury for the amount of the outstanding checks . `` Stale dated checks are where someone contributes over the allowed max and campaign sends back refund of overage , but the check is never cashed , '' said a senior administration official in the vice president 's office . `` This is common and obviously not in the campaign 's control . The excess contributions were less than 1 percent of the money raised ; the vendor errors were well under 1 percent -- one half of one percent . '' The findings are the result of a mandatory audit because Biden accepted taxpayer money as a result of opting into the public financing system . In all , Biden received $ 857,189 in taxpayer funds to run his campaign . Biden dropped his bid for president in January 2008 after a fifth place finish in the Iowa caucuses . CNN 's Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report .
The Election Commission hits Vice President Biden with $ 219,000 fine . Biden 's 2008 campaign accepted contributions beyond the legal limit , he says . He also says the campaign will comply with the terms of the fine .