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Request that the Board waive the $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Troy A. Carter, Sr., a candidate for Mayor, Orleans Parish, in the February 2, 2002 election, whose 2017 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 187 days late. |
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Senator Troy Anthony Carter, Sr. states that according to Gene Dawson, while employed by the Ethics Board, told him that if there was no activity on the account no report needed to be filed. Consequently, he states that he did not know that his election in 2017 had a report that had to be filed with 2002's information on it. Additionally, he states Hurricane Katrina affected the New Orleans area and his staff members that dealt with his official mail and were displaced for an elongated period of time. It would be greatly appreciated if the Board would consider a full waiver.
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ELECTION: February 2, 2002
TYPES OF REPORT: 2017 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 187
ASSESSED FEE: $2,500
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2018
REPORTS FILED: August 21, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $215.04 Expenditures (monthly bank fees); $705.57 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 1
2003 SUPP (238 days late) - $2,500, suspended all but $500- 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 but $300 based on future compliance. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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