| Request that the Board waive a $320 campaign finance late fee assessed against Roger Duncan, in his capacity as a candidate for Councilman, District 10, Iberia Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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Roger Duncan requests a waiver and states the following:
He had a family sickness which resulted in a family death. Circumstances were overwhelming and created a problem for him to follow through on his filing by the deadline. Also, at this time their income was down due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 8
ASSESSED FEE: $320
REPORTS DUE: December 27, 2019
REPORTS FILED: January 4, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FOUR
10/20/2007 EDE-P (1 days late)- $40 - PAID
10-G (8 days late)-$320- PAID
10/22/2011 10-G (1 days late)- $40- PAID
10/12/2019 10-P (3 days late)- $120
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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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