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Docket No. 11-1894
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $1,200 campaign finance late fee assessed against T. A. Messina, a candidate for City of Alexandria Court Marshal, in the October 22, 2011 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 20 days late.
Facts:
In connection with his request for a waiver of the $1,200 late fee assessed for the late filing of a 30-P campaign finance report, T. A. Messina, states he went by the same campaign rules used for the office he ran for in 2008 and did not believe he had to file a report. Mr. Messina is a district level candidate. This is his first campaign. He was an unsuccessful candidate.
Comments:
ELECTION: October 22, 2011
TYPE OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 20
ASSESSED FEE: $1,200
REPORT DUE: September 22, 2011

REPORT FILED: October 12, 2011
ACTIVITY REPORTED:
$15,785 in receipts, $11,813.32 in disbursements, and $4,316.11 in funds on hand
OTHER LATE FILINGS: 1. An EDE-P campaign finance disclosure report filed 9 days late, in connection with the October 22, 2011 election. The late fee assessed for the late filing of the report has not been paid.

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: Aneatra Boykin
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2011-1894- Waiver Request