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Docket No. 16-870
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $420 campaign finance late fee assessed against a candidate for State Representative / 59th Representative District in the October 24, 2015 election whose 2015 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 7 days late.
Facts:
Rusty M. Messer disputes the failure to file as there was no change from the final report filed on November 6, 2015. He did not have any income or expenses after that date.




Comments:
ELECTION: October 24, 2015
TYPES OF REPORT: 2015 Supplemental report
DAYS LATE: 7
ASSESSED FEE: $420
REPORTS DUE: February 16, 2016
REPORTS FILED: February 23, 2016
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $0 in Receipts, $0 in Disbursements, and $1,368.03 in Funds on Hand at Close
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 10/24/2015 Election

EDE-P, 3 days late; $180 (not paid)


10-P, 2 days late; $120 (not paid)


Service on 2/26/2016



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.



18:1495.4D(1) If the final report of a candidate for an election, as required by Paragraph (5), (6), or (7)of Subsection B of this Section, shows a deficit or a surplus, the candidate and his treasurer, if any, shall file supplemental reports with the supervisory committee of all information required in R.S. 18:1495.5. Such reports shall be filed annually no later than February fifteenth and shall be complete through the preceding December thirty-first. Such a supplemental report shall be filed each year until a report has been filed which shows no deficit and until any surplus campaign funds have been disposed of in accordance with R.S. 18:1505.2(I). The report on surplus funds shall disclose the disbursement of such funds in the same manner as expenditures are reported.









Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2016-870 - Waiver Request