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Docket No. 20-713
 
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RE:
Request from Katie Mayers to waive the $1500 late fee assessed for her June 2020 Expenditure Report and $1,150 late fee for her July 2020 Expenditure Report.
Facts:
Ms. Mayers states during the month of July, she became ill which is related to a pre-existing injury/condition. She states she was hospitalized at four different facilities during her admit date of July 23, 2020 until her discharge date of August 25, 2020. She was in an outpatient therapy continued through at least September 16, 2020.

Additional information

Ms. Mayers has an additional late fee of $850 that was assessed for the September 2020 Expenditure Report. Her report was due on October 26, 2020 and finalized 17 days late on November 12, 2020.

Comments:
REPORT: June 2020 ER and July 2020 ER

REPORT DUE: July 27, 2020 and August 25, 2020

REPORT FILED: September 17, 2020 and September 17, 2020

DAYS LATE: (52) DAYS and (23) DAYS

FEE ASSESSED: $1500 and $1,150

ACTIVITY REPORTED: $48.00 - June 2020 ER

OTHER LATE FILINGS: September 2020 ER - $850 - Mailed on November 13, 2020

REGISTERED BRANCHES: Leg/Exec

LOBBYING SINCE: 2020




Law:
La R.S. 24:55 and 49:76 provide that registered lobbyists shall file a monthly expenditure reports by the 25th day of the subsequent month.

Section 1205B of the Rules for the Louisiana Board of Ethics provides that "[a]n automatic late fee shall not be assessed, and if one is assessed shall be rescinded by the staff, if the person required to file the report did not file the report for any of the following reasons which occurred on the due date or during the 14 days prior to the date the report was due: . . . 2. serious medical condition, in the considered judgment of the staff, which prevented the person required to file or the person regularly responsible from filing the report timely."

Recommendations:
Rescind the late fees for both the June and July 2020 expenditure reports pursuant to Rule 1205B(2).
Assigned Attorney: Kathleen Allen
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2020-713 - Lobbying Waiver Request