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Docket No. 19-1298
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Lucien J. Gauff, III, a candidate for Assessor, St. John The Baptist Parish, in the October 12, 2019, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 11 days late.
Facts:
Lucien J. Gauff, III states the following:

He did not do any fundraisers, nor did he collect any funds. He was unopposed and thought no report was due. As soon as he was notified of the error, he immediately filed the report.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 11
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 23, 2019

ACTIVITY REPORT: $250 in Receipts; $250 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of the Reporting Period


OTHER LATE FILINGS: FIVE - PAID


10/22/2011 Election: 10-P (251 days late) $1,000


30-P (271 days late) $1,000

EDE-P (11 days late) $440

10-G (3 days late) $120

EDE-G (1 day late) $40

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:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-1298 Staff Memo