| Request that the Board waive a $360 campaign finance late fee assessed against Michael Guthrie, a candidate for Alderman, Ward 3, Town of Vivian, Caddo Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Michael Guthrie states that he was confined to the hospital on two occasions in November 2018 and was not able to meet the filing deadline for the 10-G report. He states that he was diagnosed with being at risk for a stroke due to artherosclerosis, transient ischemic attack.
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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: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE
10-P (4 days late) - $160 - PAID
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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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Rescind the late fee pursuant to Rule 1205B.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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