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Request that the Board waive the $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Roger Corcoran, a candidate for Chief of Police, City of Central, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose Special (48 hour) campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Penelope E. Hebert, report preparer for Roger Corcoran, states that they inadvertently did not submit the Special (48 hour) report. She misread the instructions and understood the report to be for contributions over $1,000 and only from PAC support. It was never an attempt to not be transparent before the board or before Mr. Corcoran's constituents. As soon as Mr. Corcoran submitted the letter to her, she called and spoke with someone from the Board and now knows that she made a costly mistake. As this was Mr. Corcoran's first campaign and her first time reporting for a candidate, she is asking for leniency from the Board.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: Special (48 hour)
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018
REPORTS FILED: Contribution identified on 10-G report - Report not filed
ACTIVITY REPORT: Special: 10/22/2018 $500.00 contribution from Jerry & Judy Waggoner
10-G: $1,650 Receipts; $5169.50 Expenditures; $400 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 based on future compliance. The late fee 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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