| Request that the Board waive a $240 campaign finance late fee assessed against Max Hayden Chiz, a candidate for State Representative, 98th Representative District, Orleans Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose Special campaign finance disclosure report was filed 4 days late. |
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Max Hayden Chiz,requests a waiver for the Special (48- Hour) campaign finance report and states the following:
He had delegated responsibility for the filing of reports to Megan Salisbury at Blue Ticket Consulting. This was her first campaign in Louisiana. She was working remotely from Florida so they put a computerized system in place to notify her of any physical checks deposited to the account. The loans were the first use of the system during the 48-Hour Special reporting period. It didn't work as planned. Consequently, she didn't realize that the account balance had changed and a Special report was needed until after the deadline. After learning of the problem, they fixed the system that day and filed the late report.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: SPECIAL
DAYS LATE: 4
ASSESSED FEE: $240
REPORTS DUE: September 26, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 30, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 9/23/2019 Personal Loan - $5,000 & 9/25/2019 Personal Loan for $5,500
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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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