| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Billy Spikes, a candidate for Councilmen at Large, City of DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, in the March 24, 2018 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 466 days late. |
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Billy Spikes states that he did not understand that he was required to file the 40-G report and asks for forgiveness as this was an oversight on his part.
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ELECTION: March 24, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 466
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: June 7, 2018
REPORTS FILED: September 16, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: One - PAID
2017 ANN (7 days late)- $280
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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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Suspend all but $100 based on future compliance. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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