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Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Leadership for Louisiana, a political committee, the committee's chairperson, Mike Michot, and treasurer, Michael Guidroz, in the October 12, 2019, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 10 days late. |
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Christopher Arsement, report preparer for Leadership for Louisiana requests a waiver and states the following:
This small PAC could find no one to file their reports so he agreed to help them out. This was an honest oversight as there was no activity in this PAC during the General Election and he mistakenly had not considered that, since they had, in the primary, supported a candidate that was in a run-off, a report should have been filed. They received the notice a few days after the due date and filed the report on that day.
Staff notes:
Leadership for Louisiana made contributions to Josh Guillory (10/7/19) and Neil Riser (10/17/19), both of whom were candidates in the general election.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 10
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: December 27, 2019.
REPORTS FILED: January 6, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: 40-G: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures and $397.19 Funds on Hand at the Close of the Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FOUR -PAID
11/6/2012: 30-P (28 days late) - $2,000
10-P (8 days late) - $1,600
10-G (6 days late) - $1,200
2016 ANN (16 days late) - $3,000
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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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