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Request that the Board waive the $480 and $480 campaign finance late fees assessed against Lauren Field, a candidate for Parish President, West Feliciana Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose Special and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 8 and 8 days late, respectively. |
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Lauren Field states that as a first-time candidate, she did her best to navigate the Louisiana Board of Ethics' requirements for filing campaign finance reports in accordance with the filing schedule. She states that when she was defeated in the November 6, 2018 primary election and had no election day expenses or other income, the only other report she understood that was due would be the "Annual Report" due on February 15th. She states that it was not until she received the certified late notice of fines due that she contacted the Board for the proper way to file a final report.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: Special & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 8 & 8
ASSESSED FEE: $480 & $480
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: November 14, 2018 and December 6, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: Special: 10/25/2018, $1,000 Contributions from Louisiana Free Enterprise PAC
10-G: $8,850 Receipts; $9,092.91, Expenditures; $295.31 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 for the Special report. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
Decline to waive for the 10-G report.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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