| Request that the Board waive the $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Miracle Myles, a candidate for District Judge, 18th Judicial District Court, Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parish, in the March 24, 2018 election, whose 2018 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 181 days late. |
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Miracle Myles states that earlier this year she was expecting her first child and her pregnancy was very complicated. Since February of this year, she had been traveling back and forth to Houston, Texas for treatment of her baby's heart defect and subsequently relocated to Houston as it was required by her treating physicians at Texas Children's Hospital to be within a 15-mile radius of the hospital in order to be treated. She chose to be treated there because they are one of the top hospitals in the world for treatment of the heart defect that her baby was diagnosed with. She delivered her baby girl on April 23, 2019 and she later passed away on May 1, 2019 at Texas Children's Hospital. As one would expect, she did take time to recover from her delivery and the loss of her daughter and returned to work the last week of July. Upon arriving back at work, she received the notices and letters from the Ethics office. She didn't receive any certified mailings personally; they were received by staff members at her office. Since such time she has filed her final report and would appreciate any consideration given on her behalf.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 2018 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 181
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2019
REPORTS FILED: August 15, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $ 9,621.99 in Contributions (Personal Loans), $11,391.48 in Expenditures, and $-0 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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