The commission may not impose a civil penalty on a general-purpose committee for a violation of this chapter if the report filed by the committee that is the subject of the violation discloses that the committee did not accept political contributions totaling $3,000 or more, accept political contributions from a single person totaling $1,000 or more, or make or authorize political expenditures totaling $3,000 or more during:
(1) the reporting period covered by the report that is the subject of the violation; or
(2) either of the two reporting periods preceding the reporting period described by Subdivision (1).