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ORDER AND DECREE <br /> IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Jerome Richard violated La. <br /> R.S. 18:1505.2I(1) by using approximately $37,000 in campaign funds for his personal use to <br /> fund a gambling habit or to pay debts he could not pay because of his gambling. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Jerome Richard violated La. R.S. 18:1505.1C by <br /> failing to disclose or accurately disclose contributions accepted and expenditures made totaling <br /> approximately $37,000 related to his personal use of his campaign funds on campaign fmance <br /> disclosure reports. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Jerome Richard amend his campaign fmance <br /> disclosure reports to accurately disclose all contributions received and expenditures made no <br /> later than December 31,2017 <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Jerome Richard remove himself as a signatory on his <br /> current or future campaign accounts. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a civil penalty of$37,000 payable to the Treasurer of <br /> the State of Louisiana, is hereby assessed upon Jerome Richard with a payment plan as follows: <br /> $2,500 due by October 1, 2017; $10,000 due by December 31, 2017; and the remainder of the <br /> amount owed due in eleven equal installments of$1,500,paid quarterly, over a three year period, <br /> with the twelfth and final payment being$8,000 due by December 31, 2020. <br /> Page 4 of 6 <br />