| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against James Harper, a candidate for State Representative, 1st Representative District, Bossier Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 54 days late. |
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James Harper request a waiver and states the following:
This is his first time running for office. He was unaware that after he was eliminated and his campaign was over that he was responsible for filing a report after the general election. He doesn't have the funds to pay the fines.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 54
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: December 30, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID
10-P (4 days late)- $240
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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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Reduce to $600 based on Rule 1205C; suspend all based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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