| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against John Ford, a candidate for City Council Member, District 1, City of Lafayette, in the October 12, 2019, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 77 days late. |
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John Ford requests a waiver and states the following:
He takes full responsibility for this non-intentional neglect. This was his first time running for public office and he didn't familiarize himself with the procedures.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 77
ASSESSED FEE: $1,00
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: January 22, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-G: $-0 Receipts; $783.35 Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of the Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE
EDE-P (3 days late)-$120
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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 $100 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: |
Kathleen Allen |
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