| Request that the Board waive a $840 campaign finance late fee assessed against Kevin M. Berken, a candidate for Senate, District 25, Jefferson Davis Parish, in a future election, whose 2018 Annual campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late. |
|
|
Adam Hensgens, campaign consultant, states that Mr. Berken incorrectly interpreted the "Schedule of Reporting and Filing Dates" for the October 12, 2019 primary found online and believed that the Annual, 180-P and 90-P were for incumbent or "major office candidates & PACs supporting or opposing only." He stated that while inquires where made concerning financial reports, they were phrased in a way that prevented the Berken campaign from fully understanding the Annual Report was for all candidates and not just "major office candidates."
|
|
ELECTION: Future Election
TYPES OF REPORT: 2018 Annual
DAYS LATE: 14
ASSESSED FEE: $840
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2018
REPORTS FILED: March 1, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $12,350 Receipts; $2,670.62 Expenditures; $9,679.38 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
|
|
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.
|
|
| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
|
|