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Request that the Board waive a $3,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club, a political committee, the committee's chairperson, Anthony Perrone, and treasurer, Shaun Barclay, in the October 12, 2019, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 20 days late. |
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Shaun Barclay, International Secretary-Treasurer, requests a waiver and states the following:
Prior to making the contribution that triggered the reporting, UFCW ABC had not been active in Louisiana. The staff who carried out the contribution were unfamiliar with state reporting requirements and there was a delay in internal communication with UFCW ABC's compliance staff about the contribution. As soon as compliance staff learned about the contribution, they immediately filed the appropriate report. UFCW ABC sincerely apologizes for its mistake. They take compliance seriously, and discovered its error in the ordinary course of compliance checks and without prompting by the Board of Ethics. They have since taken internal administrative steps, including training staff on measures to prevent a recurrence.
Staff notes:
The PAC dissolved on January 22, 2020.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 20
ASSESSED FEE: $3,000
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 26, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-G: $25,000 Receipts; $25,000 Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of the 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.
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Suspend all but $500 based on future compliance and payment within 30 days .
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Kathleen Allen |
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