| Request that the Board waive the $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against John L. "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., a candidate for Governor in the October 24, 2015 election, whose 2019 supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was 6 days late. |
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Jay Dardenne, Jr. requests a waiver and states the following:
The report was completed and timely filed by hand delivery to the Board of Ethics on February 17, 2020. A stamped copy of the candidate's report page is enclosed. He inadvertently instructed his staff to submit this by hand delivery to ensure that it was timely filed. As soon as he was notified by staff that the hand-delivered report was insufficient. He filed it electronically on February 24, 2020. The late filing was due to oversight and inadvertence on his part and was immediately corrected when brought to his attention. Since, in good faith, the hand-delivered report was filed in a timely manner, he would respectfully request that the late fee be waived.
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ELECTION: October 24, 2015
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 SUPP
DAYS LATE: 6
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: February 24, 2020
REPORT ACTIVITY: $-0 in Receipts; $4,143.82 in Expenditures; $9,652.85 Funds at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: One (1) - PAID
10/2/2010 SPEC (4 days late)- $400
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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 $300 based on future compliance and payment within 30 days.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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