| Request that the Board consider waiving the $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Thomas J. Kennedy, a candidate for Secretary of State in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 13 days late. |
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Thomas J. Kennedy states that during qualifying at the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office he received the required packets and filed timely the required financial statements in addition to successfully completing the one-hour training course on July 25, 2018. He states that the training course stated that NO reporting was required if there were no contributions and no expenditures. Therefore, he believed that reporting was not required. He states that there was no malicious intent to conceal or withhold any information. After receiving notice, he states that he immediately filed both the Candidate's affidavit in Lieu of report and the 90-P Report.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 90-P
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: August 8, 2018
REPORTS FILED: August 21, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $0 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 $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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