Request that the Board waive the $320, $80 and $1,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Ken Brass, a candidate for St. James Parish Council, District 6, in the October 24, 2015 election, whose 30-P, EDE-P and 2015 supplemental campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 8, 2 and 189 days late, respectively. |
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Ken Brass states that in the midst of the campaign, he lost track of the deadline for the reports. He states that he filed the reports immediately when he realized they were overdue.
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ELECTION: October 24, 2015 TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P, EDE-P, and 2015 Supplemental ASSESSED FEE: $320, $80, and $1,000 REPORTS DUE: September 24, 2015, November 3, 2015, February 15, 2016 REPORTS FILED: October 2, 2015, November 5, 2015, August 23, 2016 ACTIVITY REPORTED: 30-P - $1,250 in Receipts, $0 in Disbursements and $1,250 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
EDE-P - $1,730 in expenditures
2015 SUPP - $0 activity
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 6 - paid
10/22/11 election - 10-P - $40
10/20/07 election - 2013 Supplemental - $320; 2012 Supplemental - $160; 2011 Supplemental - $280; 10-G - $400; and 30-P - $480.
30-P - $60 10-G - $1,200
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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.
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Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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