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Docket No. 15-242
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Donald Coleman, a candidate for City Marshal, City Court, Webster Parish in the November 4, 2014 Election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 143 days late.
Facts:
In connection with his request that the Board waive the late fee assessed for the late filing of the report, Donald Coleman states that report filing was new to him, as this was his first election. Moreover, he was unsure of how to file and what he needed to file, but he completed the reports to the best of his knowledge.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 4, 2014
TYPE OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: 143
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORT DUE: October 27, 2014
REPORT FILED: March 19, 2015
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $0 in Receipts, $0 in Disbursements, $880 funds on hand
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
Law:
18:1505.4.A(1) Any candidate, the treasurer or chairman of a political committee, or any other person required to file any reports under this Chapter, who knowingly fails to file or who knowingly fails to timely file any such reports as are required by this Chapter may be assessed a civil penalty for each day until such report is filed. 18:1484.(2)(b). Each candidate for any other public office shall file reports of contributions in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period.
Recommendations:
Suspend all based on future compliance.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2015-242 - Waiver Request