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Agenda Item
Docket No. 20-546
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $520 campaign finance late fee assessed against Gerrin J. Narcisse, a candidate for Council Member, District 7, St. Tammany Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10- G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 13 days late.
Facts:
Gerrin J. Narcisse requests a waiver for the following reasons:


He is a teacher and a community volunteer in the Lacombe area. He ran for a local office in 2019 to better his community. He was recently notified of an issue regarding his 2019 run-off report being late. His campaign staff consisted of family members with limited political experience. Therefore, he and his campaign accountant incorrectly assumed since there was no run-off, there was no need for a run-off report. When we were made aware of the issue, we promptly filed the necessary report. He intended to write this letter requesting a waiver earlier. However, he was in the process of transitioning lessons to an online platform due to COVID-19 and that hindered his ability to get this done in a timely manner. He apologizes for the lateness of this letter and his misunderstanding of not filing the timely run-off report.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $520
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: November 19, 2019


ACTIVITY REPORT: $1,250.00 in Receipts; $2,602.32 in Expenditures; $592.47Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period

OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE - Waived


10/24/2015 10-G (11 days late)


Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2020-546 - CF Waiver Request Gerrin J. Narcisse