| Request that the Board waive a $320 campaign finance late fee assessed against Chris Carroll, a candidate for Police Juror, District 7, Calcasieu Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Chris Carroll request a waiver and states the following:
He now understands that it is ultimately his responsibility to see to it that these reports are submitted on time, however, this was his first participation in an election and unfortunately he was not aware of all the requirements and reports that needed to be sent to the Ethics Board. With this in mind, he hired someone to take care of all of his reports and was assured that they would be taken care of and in a timely manner. At the end of the election he was contacted regarding the final report and he called the person handling these reports for him. He was assured that the reports were filed and that he was in good standing. Therefore, it was a total shock to receive a certified letter stating that he was fined for late reporting. With that being said he sees no way that he could have changed this outcome unless he would have filed the reports himself and hand delivered it to the office.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $320
REPORTS DUE: October 2, 2019
REPORTS FILED: October 10, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of the 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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