| Request that the Board waive the $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Alsie Dunbar, a candidate for State Representative, 58th Representative District, in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 2017 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 6 days late. |
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Alsie Dunbar states that she is a first-time candidate and was not aware that the supplemental disclosure statement had to be filed even if there was no activity or if there were expenditures that were filed as loan against the campaign which caused a negative balance to be carried. After finding out the report was due, she states she filed the requisite paperwork needed to be in compliance.
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ELECTION: October 14, 2017
TYPES OF REPORT: 2017 Supplemental
DAYS LATE: 6
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2018
REPORTS FILED: February 21, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0- Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $1,285.52 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: None
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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 $200 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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