| Appearance in connection with a request that the Board waive the $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against John Bagneris, a candidate for State Representative,100th Representative District, Orleans Parish, in the October 24, 2015 election, whose EDE-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 577 days late. |
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John Bagneris states that this was his first time running for office. He states he has hired a professional to be sure he is in compliance with the law. He states that when he received correspondence from the Board of Ethics that reports filed on his behalf were incorrect, he paid fines of $4,580 and engaged other professionals to assist him. He states he made significant corrections and all of his reports are now correctly filed.
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ELECTION: October 24, 2015
TYPES OF REPORT: EDE-G
DAYS LATE: 577
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: December 1, 2015
REPORTS FILED: June 30, 2017
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $3,180 -Schedule B
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 4 - PAID
30-P (11 days late) - $600
10-P (47 days late) - $2,000
10-G (18 days late) - $1,080
40-G (15 days late) - $900
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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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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