| Request that the Board waive a $480 campaign finance late fee assessed against Gerald W. "Jerry" Tanner, a candidate for Assessor, West Feliciana Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10- G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Gerald Tanner requests a waiver for the following reasons:
This was his first time and most likely his last time to run for a parish wide office. He lost the election in the primary and was not going to be a candidate in the general election. On the "Schedule of reporting and filing dates" it said 10th day prior to the general election, and since he was not in the general race, he did not think it applied to him. As soon as he got notice, he immediately filed the report and corrected the situation. He thanks the board for letting him know as soon as you did, or he could be facing a much larger fine. Although, by the time he got notice he was eight (8) days delinquent. He feels $480 is too much to pay for someone who was trying to keep up with the dates as can be seen by all the other reports.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $480
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 14, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,513.79 in Receipts; $3,615.66 in Expenditures; $-0 Funds 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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