| Request that the Board waive a $780 campaign finance late fee assessed against Cynthia "Cindy" Fontenot, a candidate for Clerk of Court in Allen Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 13 days late. |
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Cindy Fontenot states the following:
This was her first election and she did receive the packet with instructions, but she has no idea what happened to it. She was told by an individual that she would not have to file a report since she didn't receive any campaign contributions. Her home was flooded after Hurricane Barry. They did not have flood insurance and didn't receive assistance from FEMA. The only way she found out she was required to file the first report was a call from Sheriff Doug Hebert. She requests the Board consider her living conditions, the disarray of her home, their financial restraints and her working two jobs. It will be a hardship for her to pay the fine.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $780
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 25, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,655.03 in Receipts; $ 2,638.13 in Expenditures; $16.90 Funds on Hand at the Close of Report 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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