| Request that the Board waive a $480 campaign finance late fee assessed against Riley Smith, a candidate for Mayor, City of DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late. |
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Riley Smith states that he inadvertently calendared the due date for December rather than November for the filing of the 10-G report which caused the report to be late.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $480
REPORTS DUE: November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 10, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $1,700 Receipts; $1,876.25 Expenditures; $91.95 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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