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Docket No. 19-194
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $240 campaign finance late fee assessed against Lorraine Wimberly, in her capacity as a candidate for Member of School Board, District 6, Seat A, Ascension Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 6 days late.
Facts:
Lorraine Wimberly states that she was working Hurricane Michael Disaster in Florida in October and November 2018. If she wouldn't have been working the disaster in Florida, she states she would have remembered to file the report. She also states that her husband is permanently disabled and her funds are very limited.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 6
ASSESSED FEE: $240
REPORTS DUE: November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 4, 2018

ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $1,250 in Expenditures; $36.13 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period.


OTHER LATE FILINGS: TWO


ELECTION: 10/2/2010 10-G (4 days late) - $160 -Suspended


11/4/2014 EDE-P (20 days late) - $400- Suspended

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:
Waive the late fee.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-194 Waiver Request