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Request that the Board waive $240 and $400 campaign finance late fees assessed against Raymond L. Gros, Jr., a candidate for Member of School Board, District 7, St. James Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 6 and 12 days late, respectively. |
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Raymond L. Gros, Jr. states that he has submitted all previous reports in a timely manner. For this election, he states he received a donation from LAE Fund for Children and Public Education. He states he reported this on the 30-P report. He states he did not deposit the check and returned the check to LAE. He states he did not realize that the 10-G report had to be filed until he asked other board members.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 6 & 12
ASSESSED FEE: $240 & $400
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: November 4, 2018 and December 10, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P: $-0 Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $250 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
10-G: $-0 Receipts; $250 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 $100 for both the 10-P and 10-G reports. The late fees 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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