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Request that the Board reconsider waiving the $1,000 and $1,000 late fees assessed against William Lawson, a candidate for Chief of Police, City of Walker, Livingston Parish in the November 8, 2016 election, whose 10-G and 2016 supplemental campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 429 and 352 days late, respectively. |
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William Lawson states that his home received 32 inches of water and lost everything in the house. Due to the flooding, he states he was displaced to a residence in the Spring Lake subdivision in Walker. He states that his wife was displaced to her parents' house in Alexandria, Louisiana. He states he continued to work at Walker Police Department during the historic flooding. Every hour that he was not working at the Police Department, he states he was working on his house to get it livable.
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ELECTION: November 8, 2016
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G and 2016 Supplemental
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000 and $1,000
REPORTS DUE: November 30, 2016 and February 15, 2017
REPORTS FILED: February 2, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORTED: 10-G: $0 in Receipts, $0 in Disbursements and $306.06 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
2016 SUPP: $0 in Receipts, $0 in Disbursements and $306.06 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 2
11/8/2016 election - 30-P (8 days late)- $320
10-P (22 days late) - $400
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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. 18:1484.(2)(b). Each candidate for any other public office shall file reports of contributions in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period.
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Suspend all based on future compliance for the 10-G and 2016 supplemental reports.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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