| Request that the Board waive the $400 and $360 campaign finance late fees assessed against Fredell Scott Griffin, a candidate for Member of School Board, District I, Rapides Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose Special and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 11and 9 days late, respectively. |
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Fredell Scott Griffin states that she called the office prior to the reports being due and spoke with campaign finance staff to find out if she needed to file the reports and was told she didn't have to file. She later received a letter stating the reports were required and had not been filed.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: Special and 10-G
DAYS LATE: 11 and 9
ASSESSED FEE: $400 and $360
REPORTS DUE: October 26, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: November 9, 2018 and December 7, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: Special: $100 in Contributions; $250 In-Kind and Loan from Tokyrie Griffin in the amount of $300
10-G: $153.77 Receipts; $153.77 Less In-Kind Contributions; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 4 - PAID
Election 10/4/2003: 10-P (1 days late)- $50
10-G (27 days late)- $200
2006 SUPP (1 days late)- $40
9/30/2006: 2006 SUPP (1 days late)- $40
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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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Decline to waive for the Special and 10-G reports.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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