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2022-444
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2022-444
Parties Involved
Karen Carter Peterson
Agency at Issue
5th Senatorial District
Decision Date
4/5/2023
Law
18:1505.2I
18:15051.1C
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Karen Carter Peterson violated Section 1505.2I and 15051.1C of the CFDA by using campaign contributions for personal use unrelated to her campaign and by filing inaccurate campaign finance disclosure reports.
Campaign Finance Subject Matters
Inaccurate Reporting
Prohibited Use of Campaign Finance Funds
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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-444 <br /> Page 5 of 9 <br /> (3)(a) defines "candidate" to mean a person who seeks nomination or election to <br /> public office, except the office of president or vice president of the United States, <br /> presidential elector, delegate to a political party convention, United States senator, <br /> United States congressman, or political party office. <br /> (6)(a) defines "contribution" to mean a gift, conveyance, payment, or deposit of <br /> money or anything of value, or the forgiveness of a loan or of a debt, made for the <br /> purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or <br /> election of a person to public office, for the purpose of supporting or opposing a <br /> proposition or question submitted to the voters, or for the purpose of supporting or <br /> opposing the recall of a public officer, whether made before or after the election. <br /> (14)(a)(i) defines "political committee" to mean two or more persons, other than a <br /> husband and wife, and any legal entity organized for the primary purpose of <br /> supporting or opposing one or more candidates, propositions, recalls of a public <br /> officer, or political parties, which accepts contributions in the name of the <br /> committee, or makes expenditures from committee funds or in the name of the <br /> committee, or makes a transfer of funds to or receives a transfer of funds from <br /> another committee, or receives or makes loans in an aggregate amount in excess of <br /> five hundred dollars within any calendar year. <br /> 14. <br /> The following provisions proscribe the penalties that may assessed if a violation of the <br /> CFDA has occurred: <br /> §1505.2. Contributions; expenditures, certain prohibitions and limitations <br /> J.(1) Any candidate, treasurer, or chairman of a political committee who violates <br /> any provision of Subsection H or I of this Section shall be assessed a penalty of not <br /> more than five thousand dollars or the amount of the violation,whichever is greater, <br /> except that the penalty for a knowing and willful violation shall not be more than <br /> ten thousand dollars or two hundred percent of the violation, whichever is greater. <br /> "Knowing and willful",for purposes of this Subsection,means conduct which could <br /> have been avoided through the exercise of due diligence. The civil penalties <br /> provided for in R.S. 18:1505.5 shall be inapplicable to violations of Subsection H <br /> or I. Enforcement of Subsections H and I shall be in the same manner provided for <br /> in Part VI of this Chapter. <br /> §1505.4. Civil penalties; failure to file; timely and accurate filing; forfeiture <br />
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