| Request that the Board waive the $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Tracy Batieste, as a candidate for Constable, Justice of the Peace Ward 2, District 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 4, 2014 election, whose 2016 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Tracy Batieste states that she was a flood victim and has been experiencing hardship since the flood of 2016. She had to relocate and it has been quite a struggle for her and her family to adjust.
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ELECTION: November 4, 2014
TYPES OF REPORT: 2016 Supplemental
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2017
REPORTS FILED: February 24, 2017
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $2468.48 in Receipts, $3,056.72 in Disbursements, and $0 in Funds on Hand at Close (Loan Repayment)
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 1
2015 Supplemental - 1 day late; $40 - paid
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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.
18:1495.4D(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.
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Suspend all based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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