| Request that the Board waive each of the two $1,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Phillip D. "David" Ridder, Jr, a candidate for Councilman, District 4, Tangipahoa Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 69 and 215 days late, respectively. |
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Phillip D. "David" Ridder, Jr. requests a waiver and states the following:
He has no knowledge of how to complete the reports, so he hired Sandra Davis, CPA to help with this election.
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ELECTION: November 6, 2018
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 69 & 215
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000 & $1,000
REPORTS DUE: October 2, 2019 and November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: December 10, 2019 and June 8, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORTED: 10-P: $16,126.30 in Receipts; $403.00 in Disbursements and $16,417.60 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
10-G: $-0 in Receipts; $16,417.60 in Disbursements and $-0 Fund on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FOUR -
10/22/2011 EDE-P (6 days late)-$360, paid
30-P (97 days late)-Suspended all but $500/ Reassessed $1,500
10-P (77 days late) -$2,000, paid
10-G (48 days late)- Suspend all/Reassessed $2,000
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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. 18:1484.(2)(b). Each candidate for any other public office shall file reports of contributions in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period.
Section 1205C of the Rules for the Board of Ethics provides that "[i]f 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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