| Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Joseph "Joe" Fertitta, a candidate for Lafourche Parish President in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 2019 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 10 days late. |
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Joseph "Joe" Fertitta requests a waiver and states the following:
He was notified via letter dated January 14, 2020 by the Ethics Board that he was required to file a supplemental report. He immediately contacted the Board of Ethics via telephone and was guided as to how to complete the supplemental report. He completed said report and submitted it approximately mid-January of 2020. However, when he submitted the supplemental report, he failed to place his email address on the submission page, therefore the final step did not allow the report to go through. He was notified of the failure to submit and immediately contacted the Ethics Board to attempt to remedy the situation. He was informed via telephone the system displayed supplemental report as being completed but not submitted. He immediately placed his email on the supplemental report and re-submitted it on February 28, 2020.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 10
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORT DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORT FILED: February 28, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $ 4,007.56 Expenditures(Loan Repayment); $-0 Funds on Hand at the 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.
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Suspend all but $200 based on future compliance and payment within 30 days.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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