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Agenda Item
Docket No. 20-093
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Keith Landry, a candidate for Coroner, Assumption Parish in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late.
Facts:
Keith Landry requests a waiver and states the following:

The report was late due to combination of oversights on his part as well as being unable to obtain the letter from post office for several days after receipt of notification. His medical practice is in a different location from his home post office in Napoleonville and presented a logistical challenge for him to personally retrieve the letter on a workday. Additionally, he was unopposed, as no other qualified person is interested in assuming this position.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 14
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 26, 2019

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


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE

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.

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.

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:
2020-093 - Waiver Request Keith Landry