| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Jeff Pittman, a candidate for Council Member, District 9, St. Tammany Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10- G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 125 days late. |
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Jeff Pittman requests a waiver for the following reasons:
He contacted Melissa Horn following receipt of her March 6, 2020 letter to notify him that the 10-G report had never been filed. In response, he sent Melissa Horn the attached email that showed that he had filed the report via email on November 17, 2019. This report was filed late on November 17th, however for some reason it was not uploaded to the Ethics Board site. Apparently, mistakes were made on both sides regarding the filing of this report. Given the current economic situation with the State of Emergency, he would ask that all late fees assessed against his campaign be rescinded, which would allow him to donate the remaining money to qualified charity and close this account.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 125
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: March 10, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,250.00 in Receipts; $3,335.99 in Expenditures; $402.03Funds 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: |
Charles Reeves |
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