| Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Cliff Brister, in his capacity as a candidate for Sheriff, Grant Parish, in the October 12, 2019, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 16 days late. |
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Cliff Brister requests a waiver and states the following:
He didn't realize that he was required to file the 10-G report because he was not in the general election. He believed that the special report covering September 23rd to October 12th was his final report.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 16
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 22, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID
10-P (13 days late)- $780
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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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