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Request that the Board waive $240 and $480 campaign finance late fees assessed against Oscar Dantzler, Jr., a candidate for Sheriff in Tangipahoa Parish in the October 24, 2015 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 8 and 4 days late, respectively. |
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Oscar Dantzler, Jr. states that he spoke with an agent from the Ethics office before it was time to file the 10-G and 10-P reports and was advised that he did not have to file anything else pertaining to the 10-P and 10-G reports. He states that is why he did not filed the 10-P and 10-G reports. He strongly believes that he should not be held accountable for these late fees, because he did notify one of the campaign agents prior to filing. He also states that it is unfair that these late filings triggered the other 30-P late fee to be reassessed because it was suspended based on future compliance.
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ELECTION: October 24, 2015
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 18; 8 & 4
ASSESSED FEE: $480 & $240
REPORTS DUE: October 14, 2015 and November 12, 2015
REPORTS FILED: October 22, 2015 and November 16, 2015
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P $2,828.58 Receipts; $2,828.58 Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
10-G: $1,151.68 Receipts; $1,151.68 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 4- PAID
Election: 10/5/2002 EDE-P (9 days late) - $360
9/30/2006 30-P (6 days late) - $240
10-G (7 days late) - $240
11/4/2014 30-P (18 days late) - $1080
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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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Decline to waive for the 10-P and 10-G reports.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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