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Docket No. 19-085
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive $400 and $360 campaign finance late fees assessed against Dianne Spencer, in her capacity as a candidate for Member of School Board, District 5, St. James Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 38 and 9 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Dianne Spencer states that when she received the first notice of delinquency concerning the10-P report, she immediately filled out the forms and asked her sister to file it electronically so that it would expedite it getting to the Ethics Board. Her sister did scan it, but she states she accidentally sent it to her email address and not to the Board of Ethics. As for the 10-G report, she states one of her fellow board members informed her that there was no form to file after the election if she had no expenditures.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 38 & 9
ASSESSED FEE: $400 & $360
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 6, 2018 and December 7, 2018


ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P: $-0 Receipts; $115.70 Expenditures; $384.30 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.

10-G: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $384.30 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 for the 10-P and 10-G reports. The late fees must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
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2019-085 Waiver Request