| Request that the Board waive $1,600 campaign finance late fees assessed against Policy over Politics PAC, Inc., a political action committee, its committee's chairperson and treasurer, Julie Stokes, whose 2019 Annual campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Julie Stokes, chairperson for Policy over Politics PAC, Inc., requests a waiver and states the following:
She recently became the chairperson for the the PAC and the previous party has disengaged, so the report filing deadlines and forms were lost in the transition. They did not have an ethics log-in for the entity, so they could only manually prepare it. They tried to get the log-in and other information from the former administrator but with the Mardi Gras holiday, they were unable to get in touch with anyone to timely file the report.
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ELECTION: Future
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 ANNUAL
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $1,600
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: February 26, 2020
REPORT ACTIVITY: $1.25 in Receipts; $887.35 in Expenditures; $827.27 Funds 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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Suspend all but $500 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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