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Docket No. 11-1709
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $1,400 late fee assessed against Title PAC, a political committee whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 7 days late.
Facts:
In connection with his request for a waiver of the $1,400 late fee assessed for the late filing of a 30-P campaign finance report, Jules A. Carville, III, chairman on behalf of the committee, states that the committee is a new PAC and was unfamiliar with the filing requirements for elections in which the committee made contributions.

The political committee disclosed on its 2010 annual report that it made a contribution to a candidate in the October 22, 2011 election.

Comments:
ELECTION: October 22, 2011
TYPE OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 7
ASSESSED FEE: $1,400
REPORT DUE: September 22, 2011
REPORT FILED: September 29, 2011
ACTIVITY REPORTED:
$2,010 in receipts, $5,750 in disbursements, and $2,403.93 in funds on hand
OTHER LATE FILINGS: None

Law:
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 as provided in R.S.42:1157 for each day until such report is filed.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.

Assigned Attorney: Kathleen Allen
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2011-1709- Waiver Request