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Docket No. 14-421
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $150 late fee assessed against Telley Madina for his failure to timely file a lobbyist expenditure report.
Facts:
Mr. Madina is a newly registered lobbyist. He failed to timely file his first expenditure report. He states that he had a question that he needed answered before submitting his report. Mr. Madina was unable to speak with staff until Monday, which by this time the report was already three days late. He states that future submissions will be made timely

Comments:
REPORT: March 2014 Expenditure Report
REPORT DUE: April 25, 2014

REPORT FILED: April 28, 2014
DAYS LATE: 3

FEE ASSESSED: $150
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 0

Law:
La R.S. 24:55, 49:76 A. States that each lobbyist registered under the provisions of this Part shall file with the board, in the manner provided by this section, a report of all expenditures incurred for the purpose of lobbying.

B. A report shall be filed monthly. The report for each month shall be filed by the twenty-fifth day of the following month.

La. R.S. 24:58D(1), La. R.S. 49:78D(1)

Any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Part shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.



Recommendations:
Decline to waive.

Assigned Attorney: Mike Dupree
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2014-421: Waiver Request