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Request that the Board waive the $2,000 and $2,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Joy R. Jackson, a candidate for District Judge, 6th Judicial District Court, Div., in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 135 and 105 days late, respectively. |
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Joy R. Jackson, states that due to the terminal illness and death of her mother, Mary L. D. Jackson, she did not file the required 10-P and 10-G reports by the required deadlines. Additionally, she had major family issues surrounding her mother's illness and death and was overwhelmed with the actions needed to be taken.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 135 & 105
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000 & $2,000
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 and November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: Both on March 13, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
10-G: $-0- Receipts; $-0- Expenditures; $-0- Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE
30-P: (10 days late)- $600
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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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Consider the untimely waiver and suspend all but $200 based on future compliance for each of the 10-P and 10-G reports. The late fees must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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