| Request that the Board consider waiving the $900 campaign finance late fee assessed against Walter I. "Walt" Lanier, III, a candidate for Judge, Court of Appeal, 1st Circuit, in the November 6, 2018 election, and his committee's chairperson, Christopher H. Riviere, and treasurer, Benjamin Comeaux, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Benjamin Comeaux, treasurer for Judge Walter Lanier, states that he understood that the 10-G report was only required if the candidate was participating in the general election. He received the NOD on 12/7/2018 and immediately called the Board of Ethics and submitted the report. It is worth noting the committee has no other infractions during the entire year of 2018. He requests that the $900 late fee be reduced.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $900
REPORTS DUE: November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 7, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $8,597.29 Receipts; $58,699.38 Expenditures; $13,857.25 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE - PAID
10/5/2002 Election: 30-P (8 days late) -$480
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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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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