Request that the Board waive a $400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Randy Armentor, a candidate for Police Juror, District 10, Calcasieu Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure reports was filed 13 days late. |
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Randy Armentor requests a waiver and states the following:
He respectfully requests to have fines waived for misfiling of forms.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019 TYPES OF REPORT: 40-G DAYS LATE: 13 ASSESSED FEE: $400 REPORTS DUE: December 27, 2019 REPORTS FILED: January 9, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures and $-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.
LAC 52:1205(C) states if a report is filed more than 10 days late and
the amount of activity on the report is less than the amount of the late
fee to be assessed, the staff may reduce the late fee to the amount of
activity or 10 times the per-day penalty, whichever is greater.
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Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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