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Docket No. 12-1943
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $300 late fee assessed against Matthew Ryan Thomas for failure to timely a lobbyist expenditure report.
Facts:
Mr. Thomas filed his lobbyist expenditure report that was due by August 27, 2012, six days late on September 2, 2012. He was assessed a late fee of $300. Mr. Thomas states that due to a state of emergency being issued for Hurricane Isaac and he was without power through August 31, 2012, he was unable to timely file his expenditure reports. He claimed that he can provide proof from Entergy regarding the power outage, but has failed to provide the proof with his waiver request.
Isaac made landfall on the 27th.

Comments:
REPORT: Legislative, Executive, and Local
REPORT DUE: August 27, 2012

REPORT FILED: September 2, 2012

DAYS LATE: 6

FEE ASSESSED: $300

ACTIVITY REPORTED: $0

OTHER LATE FILINGS: November 2011, February 2012, and August 2012- paid

Law:
La R.S. 24:58D(1), 49:78D(1), and 33:9666D(1) state that any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Part shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.
Recommendations:
Decline to waive.

Assigned Attorney: Mike Dupree
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2012-1943- Matthew Ryan Thomas Waiver Request