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Docket No. 19-1296
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Shawn P. Granger, a candidate for Coroner, Vernon Parish, in the October 12, 2019, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late.
Facts:
Shawn P. Granger states the following:

He ran unopposed and didn't collect any funds and his campaign manager was intending to submit a disclosure report after the election. He was unaware of the 30-P requirement and immediately filed after receiving notification.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 24, 2019

ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period


OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE


10/20/2007 Election: 10-G (13 days late)- $600 - PAID

Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Suspend all but $200 based on future compliance. The late fee must be paid within 30 days or the suspended portion becomes due and owing.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-1296 Staff Memo