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Docket No. 18-019
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $60 campaign finance late fee assessed against Michael Gaudet, a candidate for Member of School Board, District 7, East Baton Rouge Parish in the October 14, 2017, whose Special (48-Hour) campaign finance disclosure report was filed 1 day late.
Facts:
Lauren Smith Hensgens, report preparer for Michael Gaudet, states that because the check for the $1,500 contribution was received on October 17, 2017, which is outside of the September 25 - October14, 2017 period requiring a 48-hour report., she did not think that a 48-hour report was necessary. When filing the 10-G report, however, she states she used the date the contribution check was issued (October 12th) instead of the date it was received (October 17th). On December 22, 2017, she states she filed an amended 10-G report reflecting the date of receipt of the $1,500 contribution from Louisiana PAC as October 17, 2017. Due to the date of receipt of the $1,500 contribution, and the amended 10-G report reflecting that date, she requests a waiver of the late fee assessed by the Board.


Comments:
ELECTION: October 14, 2017
TYPES OF REPORT: Special (48-Hour)
DAYS LATE: 1
ASSESSED FEE: $60
REPORTS DUE: October 16, 2017.
REPORTS FILED: NA

Identified on the 10-G Report: Contributions rec'd on 10-12-17 for $1,500 from Stand for Children La


ACTIVITY REPORT: $6,449.40 Receipts; $7,001.74 Expenditures; $4,689.68 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:
Rescind the late fee.

Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2018-019 Waiver Request