| Request that the Board waive a $400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Terry Allen Baker, a candidate for Mayor, Town of Ball, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late. |
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Terry Baker requests a waiver and states the following:
The position of Mayor of Ball needed to be filled and he applied for the job. Although he fell a little short, and it cost him what he certainly considers a substantial amount of his own money, he would do it again. This was my first and only endeavor into the political realm. He will admit his final financial disclosure was filed late. For some reason he and his wife misread the time period allotted for this disclosure. Perhaps they should have sought outside help to manage the campaign but as you can see from his reports they received very little in the form of donations.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPE OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 14
ASSESSED FEE: $400
REPORT DUE: December 27, 2019
REPORT FILED: January 10, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $200.00 in Receipts; $440.68 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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