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Request that the Board waive the $480 and $120 campaign finance late fees assessed against Joseph Gregory Tate, a candidate for Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, in the October 22, 2011 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 8 and 2 days late. |
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ELECTION: October 22, 2011
TYPE OF REPORTS: 10-P and 10-G
DAYS LATE: 8 and 2
ASSESSED FEES: $480 and $120
REPORTS DUE: October 12, 2011 and November 9, 2011
REPORTS FILED: October 20, 2011 and November 11, 2011
ACTIVITY REPORTED:
10-P: $103 in receipts, $130 in disbursements, and $0 funds on hand
10-G: $0 activity
In connection with his request for a waiver of the $480 and $120 late fees assessed for the late filings of a 10-P and 10-G campaign finance reports, Kirt Guillory, on behalf of Joseph Gregory Tate, states that Mr. Tate is a first time candidate who was unfamiliar with the filing requirements for the reports. He also states that the candidate was unable to file the 10-G report because he was hospitalized during the week of November 9th. Mr. Tate is a district level candidate. He was an unsuccessful candidate.
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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 as provided in R.S.42:1157 for each day until such report is filed.
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Suspend all but $200 for the 10-P report and decline to waive fines assessed for the 10-G report.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Aneatra Boykin |
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