| Request that the Board waive a $600 and $300 campaign finance late fee assessed against Biaster Hewitt George, a candidate for East Carroll Parish Assessor, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 11 and 5 days late, respectively. |
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Biaster Hewitt George request a waive and states the following:
During the time of filing her campaign finance forms, 30-P and 10-G, her internet was giving her problems, which happens from time to time in her small hometown. When the internet was working, the campaign finance web site kept making her start over even after it showed that the report was successfully filed. She tried to file hard copies, which was sent back because they had to be filed electronically. In September of 2019, she attended a teacher conference in Shreveport and thought that she could try again on her laptop through the hotel where she knew that the internet would be working properly. The same problem occurred; therefore, she sought help from the campaign finance IT department and gave permission for the IT Department to enter her laptop and see what she may have been doing wrong. She was able to confirm that her papers were filed successfully thereafter.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 11 & 5
ASSESSED FEE: $600 & $300
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019 and November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: September 23, 2019 and November 11, 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P $169.00 in Receipt; $-0 in Expenditures and $169.00 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
10-G $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE
10/24/2015 30-P (299 days late)- $2,000- Paid
10-P (279 days late)- Suspend all but $200- Paid/ Reassessed $1,800
10-G (250 days late)-Suspend all but $200- Paid/ Reassessed $1,800
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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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