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Docket No. 20-095
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Dennis LaRavia, a candidate for Coroner, Concordia Parish in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 11 days late.
Facts:
Dennis LaRavia requests a waiver and states the following:


He had a total knee replacement with a 6 week recovery. Also, he had the misconception that he was not supposed to file report until after the primary.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 11
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 23, 2019

ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at Close of 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.

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.

Recommendations:
Suspend all based on future compliance.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2020-095 - Waiver Request Dennis LaRavia
2020-095- WR Documentation Request - Medical