| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Jeff Pettit, a candidate for Council Member, District 10, Ascension Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 97 days late. |
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Jeff Pettit requests a waiver for the following reasons:
They truly regret causing this problem as it was not done intentionally and it would cause financial hardship.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 97
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: February 11, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $724.80 in Receipts; $1,444.69 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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Decline to waive; offer payment plan.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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