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VIII. <br /> As a "district" level office candidate who reported a surplus greater than $2,500 on his <br /> 2011 supplemental campaign finance disclosure report, Michael L. Jackson was required to file a <br /> supplemental campaign finance report in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1495.4D(3) covering the <br /> 2012 calendar year by February 15, 2013. <br /> IX. <br /> La. R.S. 18:1505.4A(2)(a)(iii)provides that an automatic late fee of$60 per day, up to a <br /> maximum of$2,000 be assessed for each day the report is not timely filed. <br /> X. <br /> On July 10, 2014 the Board's staff issued Michael L. Jackson a Late Fee Assessment <br /> Order, ordering him to pay a late fee of $2,000 for the failure to timely file his 2012 <br /> supplemental campaign finance disclosure report. <br /> XI. <br /> La. R.S. 18:1505.4A(4)(b) provides that in addition to any penalties that may be imposed <br /> by this Section or any other law, the Supervisory Committee may impose on any person required <br /> to file such a report who has not filed such report by the eleventh day after such report is due, <br /> after an adjudicatory hearing by an adjudicatory panel of the Ethics Adjudicatory Board <br /> conducted in accordance with the Code of Governmental Ethics, with notice to the party who is <br /> the subject of the hearing, an additional civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars. <br /> XII. <br /> Based on the foregoing facts, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may conduct a hearing to <br /> determine if Michael L. Jackson filed his 2012 supplemental campaign finance disclosure report <br /> over 11 days late which would subject him to additional penalties up to $10,000 as provided for <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br />