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Request that the Board waive two $3,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against SWLA Forward PAC, a political action committee, its committee's chairperson, Jonald J. Walker, III, and treasurer, James Gary Gobert, in the November 6, 2018 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 116 and 154 days late, respectively. |
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Jonald J. Walker, III, chairperson for SWLA Forward PAC, states that they were instructed by an Ethics staff member to report all items on the 10-P report. He states they were then notified that the information given was not accurate and told to amend the 10-P and complete the 10-G on separate forms.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 116 & 154
ASSESSED FEE: $3,000 & $3,000
REPORTS DUE: October 29, 2018 & November 28, 2018
REPORTS FILED: February 22, 2019 & May 1, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P: $2,142.23 Receipts; $111.47 Expenditures; $2,030.86 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
10-G: $-0 Receipts; $1,512.50 Expenditures; $518.36 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
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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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Decline to waive for the 10-P report.
Waive the late fee for the 10-G report.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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