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Docket No. 11-1926
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $7,729 in campaign finance late fees assessed against Revitalizing Our Community, a political action committee , whose three (3) Specials, EDE-P, and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were 10, 6, 1, 365, and 352 day(s) late.
Facts:
In connection with his request for a waiver of the $7,729 in late fees assessed for the late filings of (3) Specials, EDE-P and 10-G campaign finance reports, Jonald J. Walker, III, on behalf of the committee states that the dates reflected on Schedule A of Special reports filed by the committee, with regard to contributions, are dates the checks were written, but does not reflect the date their client received the checks from the contributor nor the date the checks were deposited into the PAC's account. As for the EDE-P and 10-G reports, the PAC was unaware of the requirement to file the reports and believed that only an Annual report was needed for the 2010 calender year.
Comments:
ELECTION: October 22, 2011
TYPE OF REPORTS: (3) Specials, EDE-P, and 10-G
DAYS LATE: 10, 6, 1, 365, and 352
ASSESSED FEES: $2,000, $1,200, $200, $1,329, and $3,000 ($7,729 total)
REPORTS DUE: October 11, 2011, October 12, 2011, October 15, 2011, October 25, 2010, and December 1, 2010

REPORTS FILED: October 12, 2011, and October 21, 2011
ACTIVITY REPORTED:
Special due October 11, 2011

Special Due October 15, 2011

Special Due October 20, 2011

EDE-P: $1,329.36 in activity

10-G: $4,000 in activity

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: Aneatra Boykin
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2011-1926- Waiver Request
2011-1926- Revitalizing Our Community-waiver request 2