| Request that the Board waive a $40 and $1,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Ronald W. "Ronnie" Grace, a candidate for Council Member, City of St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in the March 30, 2019, election, whose Special and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 1 and 29 days late, respectively. |
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Ronald W. Grace states that this is his second term elected as a councilman for the City of St. Gabriel and during his initial campaign, he paid for his campaign with minimum finances out of pocket. During his re-election campaign he received a couple of contributions and delayed depositing them in the bank because he was not knowledgeable about receiving campaign donations. Due to the fact that he wasn't required to file before, he just didn't make the connection to file this second time around. He would be very appreciative to be granted a waiver for both the $40 and the $1000. He is now more versed as to what is required regarding these filings and will make sure he is compliant in the future.
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ELECTION: March 30, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: Special & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 1 & 29
ASSESSED FEE: $40 and $1,000
REPORTS DUE: March 28, 2019, April 24, 2019
REPORTS FILED: March 29, 2019, May 23, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: Special - $500 Contributions on 3/28/2019 from MB DESIGN CONSULTANT LLC
10-G: $ 1,720.76 Receipts; $1,698.41 Expenditures; $ 22.35 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 both the Special and 10-G reports.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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