| Request that the Board waive a $480 campaign finance late fee assessed against Marcus Johnson, a candidate for State Representative, 28th Representative District, Avoyelles Parish, in the October 12, 2019, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Marcus Johnson request a waiver and states the following:
This was his first time running for public office. He was in charge of his own campaign. He had no staff and no one campaigning on his behalf. He also had a part-time job as a substitute teacher, which is how he purchased campaign brochures, yard signs and gas money to get around. At the close of the campaign, things became overwhelming and explains the reasoning for not completing the report timely. It was not an act of willful neglectfulness or carelessness.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $480
REPORTS DUE: October 2, 2019
REPORTS FILED: October 10, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $ 265.95 Receipts; $ 265.95 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
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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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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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