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Docket No. 17-1181
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Thomas Thaddeus "Thad" Cossabone, a candidate for Council member, District D, Orleans Parish, in the October 14, 2017, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late.
Facts:
Thomas Thaddeus "Thad" Cossabone states that since he never intended to raise any funds at all, he mailed in an Affidavit In Lieu of Report. He states he was unaware that the affidavit was required to be submitted through the Electronic Filing System and thus was under the impression that he had fulfilled his obligation to report timely. He states that once he received the certified letter stating that he was required to file the affidavit electronically, he immediately gained access to the system through the proper channels and filed the required report.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 14, 2017
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: September 14, 2017
REPORTS FILED: September 26, 2017

ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.


OTHER LATE FILINGS: None

Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Suspend the late fee based on future compliance.

Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2017-1181 Waiver Request