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Request from William Temple to waive the $1,500 late fee assessed for filing a late registration and $500 late fee assessed for the late filing of the January 2017 Lobbying Expenditure Report. |
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Mr. Temple states that he filed his December 2016 expenditure report on January 9, 2017. Mr. Temple states he did no lobbying during the months of January or February 2017. He states that he attempted to report for January in February 2017, but the system did not show a drop down section for 2017 so he sent an email to the Ethics Administration and waited a week but did not receive a response. On March 9th, he states he called, and he was advised that he had not completed the registration process because he did not pay the registration fee. After he paid the registration fee, he finalized his report for January. Mr. Temple is asking for a waiver of the late fees because he says the late filings were unintentional and his January report disclosed no expenditures.
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REPORT: Late Registration and January 2017 Lobbying Expenditure Report
REPORT DUE: January 6, 2017 and February 27, 2017
REPORT FILED: March 9, 2017 and March 10, 2017
DAYS LATE: 62 DAYS and 11 DAYS
FEE ASSESSED: $1,500, $500
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $0.00
OTHER LATE FILINGS: March 2011-$50-Paid & Nov 2015-$50-Paid
REGISTERED BRANCH: Executive
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La R.S. 24:55 provides that registered lobbyist shall file a monthly expenditure report by the 25th day of the subsequent month.
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Late Registration: Suspend all but $450 of the $1,500 late registration fee based on future compliance if paid within 30 days.
Expenditure report: Suspend all of the $500 late fee based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Kathleen Allen |
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