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Agenda Item
Docket No. 12-2074
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $400 late fee assessed against Karen Yates for failure to timely a lobbyist expenditure report.
Facts:
Ms. Yates filed her lobbyist expenditure report that was due by October 25, 2012, eight days late on November 2, 2012. She was assessed a late fee of $400. Ms. Yates states that she filed her report on October 23, 2012. She did not know the report was not finalized until she received her failure to file letter from our office. She immediately, went to the ethics website and finalized her report.
Comments:
REPORT: Executive

REPORT DUE: October 25, 2012

REPORT FILED: November 2, 2012

DAYS LATE: 8

FEE ASSESSED: $400

ACTIVITY REPORTED: $365.99

OTHER LATE FILINGS: None

Law:
La R.S. 49:78D(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:
Waiver Request for Karen Yates