| Request that the Board waive two $1,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Christopher Archinard, a candidate for Councilman, District A, City of Lake Charles, in the March 25, 2017 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 387 and 352 days late, respectively. |
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Christopher Archinard states that his father had congestive heart failure along with beginning stages of dementia, which resulted in him becoming his sole care provider. Simultaneously, he states he became ill with diabetes that resulted in his retirement as a school teacher.
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ELECTION: March 25, 2017
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 387 & 352
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000 & $1,000
REPORTS DUE: March 15, 2017 and April 19, 2017
REPORTS FILED: April 6, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P $1,500 Receipts; $1,500 Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
10-G: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 30-P (2 days late) - $80 (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 for the 10-P and 10-G campaign finance reports.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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