| Request that the Board waive a $300 campaign finance late fee assessed against Abraham Rubin, Jr., a candidate for Lafayette Parish Council Member, District 5, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 5 days late. |
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James Parker, report preparer for Abraham Rubin, Jr., states that he completed the 30-P report on September 12, 2019. He states that he later found out that the report was not received and was told by campaign finance staff that they saw the report being worked on, but it was not submitted.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 5
ASSESSED FEE: $300
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 17, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $ 2,696.01 in Receipts; $2,659.38 in Expenditures; $36.63 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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Suspend all based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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