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Agenda Item
Docket No. 19-295
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Theresa Rohloff, a candidate for Council Member at Large, City of Scott, Lafayette Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, and her committee's treasurer, Clarice M. Gallegos, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late.
Facts:
Clarice M. Gallegos, report preparer for Theresa Rohloff, states that she completed the 10-G report and hit submit. When she received the notificaton that the report was not submitted, she contacted the Ethics Board. She was told that the report was created, but she had failed to enter her e-mail and hit submit. While still on the phone with Ethics she completed the process and filed the report.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $360
REPORTS DUE: November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: December 7, 2018

ACTIVITY REPORT: $54.71 Receipts; $30.78 Expenditures; $394.23 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE


Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Suspend the late fee based on future compliance.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-295 Waiver Request