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Docket No. 19-077
 
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RE:
Request that the Board reconsider waiving the $200 and $480 campaign finance late fees assessed against Lauren Field, a candidate for Parish President, West Feliciana Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose Special and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 8 and 8 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Lauren Field states that though she did receive the in-kind donation on October 25, 2018, she did not receive the acknowledgment notice indicating the value of the in-kind donation until after the filing deadline. She states she filed the special report disclosing the in-kind donation as soon as she received the notification.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: Special & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 8 (Special reports are not fined past the date of the election), 8
ASSESSED FEE: $200 and $480
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018
REPORTS FILED: November 14, 2018


ACTIVITY REPORT: Special: 10/25/2018, $1,000 Contributions from Louisiana Free Enterprise PAC

10-G: $8,850 Receipts; $9,092.91, Expenditures; $295.31 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:
Affirm the decision to suspend all but $200 based on future compliance for the Special report. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.


Affirm the decision to decline to waive for the 10-G report.


Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-077- Waiver Request Lauren D. Field