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Agenda Item
Docket No. 20-826
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Lawrence Batiste, a candidate for Councilman, District 4, City of Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 146 days late.
Facts:


Ronald E. Corken, Jr., submitted this waiver on behalf of the candidate, Lawrence Batiste, and states the following:

He mistakenly believed that the initial reporting period was delayed due to the election being postponed from March 2020 until July 11, 2020. Mr. Batiste attempted to comply with the law and actually filed his initial report on June 30, 2020. Thereafter, Mr. Batiste received notice from the Board of Ethics dated July 13, 2020 advising that there were errors/omissions in the report mailed June 30, 2020. Mr. Batiste immediately attempted to correct the errors/omissions and filed an amended report on July 29, 2020. Mr. Batiste is a school teacher who, as evidenced by his report, raised only $1,000 in his pursuit for re-election.

Comments:
ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 146
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: March 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: July 29, 2020


ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $1,000.00 Receipts; $499.00 Expenditures; $501.00 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.


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 for each day until such report is filed.

18:1495.4D(1) If the final report of a candidate for an election, as required by Paragraph (5), (6), or (7)of Subsection B of this Section, shows a deficit or a surplus, the candidate and his treasurer, if any, shall file supplemental reports with the supervisory committee of all information required in R.S. 18:1495.5. Such reports shall be filed annually no later than February fifteenth and shall be complete through the preceding December thirty-first. Such a supplemental report shall be filed each year until a report has been filed which shows no deficit and until any surplus campaign funds have been disposed of in accordance with R.S. 18:1505.2(I). The report on surplus funds shall disclose the disbursement of such funds in the same manner as expenditures are reported.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
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2020-826 - CF Waiver Request Lawrence Batiste 30-P