| Request that the Board waive the $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Clarence H. "Sonny" Savoie, a candidate for Member of School Board, District 4, St. Charles Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose Special campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Clarence H. Savoie states that he assumed that the Special report dealt with the actual election day activity and inadvertently overlooked the report. The $500.00 campaign contribution was included on his 10-G report. In his 32 years as an election official, he states that he has always filed all necessary reports in a timely manner.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: Special
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018
REPORTS FILED: 10/26/18 received $500.00 contribution from Johnny Laughlin Jr., identified on 10-G report
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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