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Docket No. 14-749
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $150 late fee assessed against Stasha Rhodes for her failure to timely file a lobbyist expenditure report.
Facts:
Stasha Rhodes failed to timely file her expenditure report due to an incorrect date input on her calendar. She request that the Board waive the penalty considering that this is her first violation.

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

EXPENDITURES: LEG. $1,735

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:
2014-749: Waiver Request