| Request that the Board waive a $420 and $240 campaign finance late fee assessed against Steve Rachal, a candidate for Sheriff, Natchitoches Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P and 10-P campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 7 and 4 days late, respectively. |
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Steve Rachal requests a waiver and states the following:
10-P: late fee has been paid.
30-P: He contributed approximately $17,000 in in-kind contributions during the campaign which put a financial hardship on his family. He and his wife were handling everything and since this was his first election he did make mistakes. Also, they had just adopted a 4 year old which consumed a lot of their time.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P & 10-P
DAYS LATE: 7 & 4
ASSESSED FEE: $420 & $240
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019 and October 2, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 19, 2019 and October 6, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P $24,380.22 in Receipt; $22,688.07 in Expenditures and $992.15 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
10-P $1,212.24 in Receipts; $1,586.35 in Expenditures and $618.04 Funds on Hand at 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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