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Docket No. 20-094
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $720 campaign finance late fee assessed against Joel J. Dugas, a candidate for Parish President, Iberia Parish, in the October 12, 2019, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late.
Facts:
Joel J. Dugas requests a waiver and states the following:

He has served on the Iberia Parish School Board for three terms and the Iberia Parish Council for one term. He has been involved in his church, parks and recreation, and schools, and this is the first time he has raised any funds for his political campaign. He has always used the file upload on the Ethics Board website to file his paperwork. When he read that the filings had to be done with Leaders, he immediately associated the file upload with the digital input. His total contributions did not exceed $3000 and the penalty he is required to pay is 25% of the that. He has been unemployed for 4 years and could use that money on medical bills. He has never collected any money from the tax payers of this state or country, and always has worked to pay his way. It is with a humble and contrite heart he asks for a waiver of the penalties, and in return he will never get involved in the public service again.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $720
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 24, 2019

ACTIVITY REPORT: $5,256.21 in Receipts; $4,221.01 in Expenditures and $1,035.20 Funds on Hand at the Close of the 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.

Recommendations:
Waive the late fee.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2020-094 - Waiver Request Joel J. Dugas