| Request that the Board waive a $400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Tommy Womack, candidate for Councilman, District 5, City of Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 11 days late. |
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Tommy Womack states that he lost his election in the primary and mistakenly believed his campaign was over. He did not spend any money within the last forty hours nor on election day. He believed that the annual report would have been the next report to be filed. He regrets the error and should he choose to run for office in the future he will not make the same mistake again.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 11
ASSESSED FEE: $400
REPORTS DUE: November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 9, 2018
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $1925.83 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 will become due and owing.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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