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Docket No. 19-483
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive $1,000 and $400 campaign finance late fees assessed against Donald "Don" Flanigan, a candidate for Member of School Board / District 1, St. Tammany Parish, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 93 and 63 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Patrick Flanigan, on behalf of his father Donald Flangian, states that his father is unable to speak or write as a result of a massive stroke that he experienced on November 16, 2018. He states that his father was experiencing health difficulties throughout the latter half of 2018, including a hospitalization in July 2018 for a transient ischemic attack. He states he is currently battling cancer and cannot walk or speak and will likely never be able to do so again.
Comments:
ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 93 & 63
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000 & $400
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: January 30, 2019 and January 30, 2019


ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P: $50 Receipts; $492.52 Expenditures; $863.45 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.

10-G: $-0 Receipts; $86.45 Expenditures; $0 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:
Waive the late fees for the 10-P and 10-G reports.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-483 Waiver Request