| Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Thomas L. "Tommy" Lyons, a candidate for State Senator, 2nd Dist. in the April 29, 2017 election, whose 2019 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 13 days late. |
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Thomas L. Lyons requests a waiver and states the following:
He was in the Breaux Bridge area at the time and failed to notice the correspondence from this office when he returned home. By the time he was able to respond to the certified letter, the deadline had passed. He was in contact with this office at that time, and in no way did he willfully ignore or disregard the process. He has no active campaign, no campaign manager, is doing no fundraising, and plans to terminate any activity requiring annual reporting once this matter is settled as he doubts that he will again run for pubic office.
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ELECTION: April 29, 2017
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: March 2, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $49.38 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE (1)- PAID
10/4/2003 2004 SUPP (2 days late)- $120
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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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