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Docket No. 18-1536
 
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RE:
Request that the Board consider waiving the $750 campaign finance late fee assessed against Kenneth "Ken" Stansbury, a candidate for Council Member, Division D, City of Youngsville, Lafayette Parish (Pop. 8105), in November 6, 2018 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 21 days late.
Facts:
Kenneth Stansbury states that this was his second election and he ran unopposed. He states he was under the false impression that he had to file the annual report and not the 30-P. He states that the information he received was from someone he thought to be a reliable source. Normally, he states that he would have looked it up himself; however, it was a very hectic time. He states he was also in the middle of a spin up for a potential deployment in November 2018 as a member of the Louisiana Air National Guard, as well as running his financial advising business.

Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 21
ASSESSED FEE: $750
REPORTS DUE: October 9, 2018
REPORTS FILED: October 30, 2018

ACTIVITY REPORT: $750 Receipts; $182.54 Expenditures; $567.46 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE



Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Suspend all but $100 based on future compliance. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2018-1536 Waiver Request