| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against John Giroir, a candidate for Coroner, Grant Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 151 days late. |
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John Giroir requests a waiver and states the following:
He did not accept any funding nor did he personally spend any money of his own in any form for his campaign. This was his first experience with any type of election activity or seeking some type of public office. The only reason for running was as a favor to the Grant Parish Sheriff's office.He is also currently divorcing his wife and about to file personal bankruptcy and about to lose a business that he has had for the last six years. The reason for the bankruptcy stems from a massive tax debt owed to the IRS.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 151
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: February 10, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $-0 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: |
Kathleen Allen |
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