| Request that the Board waive the $1,800 campaign finance late fee assessed against Timala H. Melancon, a candidate for BESE, District 7, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 18 days late. |
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Timala H. Melancon states the following:
This campaign has definitely been a learning experience, not only for herself but for the kind friends who have offered their services. One of those friends, Jyi Abshire, is her campaign finance officer who is a banker and is very methodical about billing, but somehow they both missed the deadline to submit the 90-P report. This campaign has been a true grassroots movement and every report has been submitted on time since this error was made.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 90-P
DAYS LATE: 18
ASSESSED FEE: $1,800
REPORTS DUE: July 15, 2019
REPORTS FILED: August 2, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,031.70 in Contributions, $110.00 in Expenditures, and $1,921.70 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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