| Request that the Board waive a $100 campaign finance late fee assessed against Michael "Mike" S. Yenni, a candidate for Parish President, Jefferson Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, his chairman Edward Martina, III, and his treasurer, Ryan Kruse election, whose 180-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 1 day late. |
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Cynthia Austin, report preparer for Michael Yenni, states that she became ill with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress on February 2, 2019. She was hospitalized for 14 days and was sent home with oxygen. Her pulmonologist ordered home health care, which included a visiting nurse and rehabilitation specialist until she was allowed to return to work on April 1, 2019.
She states when she returned to work, she was faced with three months of backlog work to catch up and didn't realize the 180-P report was due. She states that she has been filing Mr. Yenni's campaign finance reports since 2010 and has never been late.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 180-P
DAYS LATE: 1
ASSESSED FEE: $100
REPORTS DUE: April 15, 2019
REPORTS FILED: April 16, 2019
REPORT ACTIVITY: $28,800 Receipts; $46,320.39 Expenditures; $59,532.24 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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