| Request that the Board waive a $640 campaign finance late fee assessed against Charles Wesley "Wes" Shepherd, a candidate for Police Juror, District 3, Bossier Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 16 days late. |
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Charles Wesley Shepherd requests a waiver and states the following:
This is his first election and he was not in the run-off. He didn't receive or spend any funds during this reporting period. When he received the notice, he immediately filed the report.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 16
ASSESSED FEE: $640
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 22, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $1,350.00 Receipts; $2,439.07 Expenditures; $130.68 Funds on Hand at the 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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