| Reconsideration request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Randall "Randy" Delatte, a candidate for Councilman, District 8, District 9, Livingston Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 10- G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 103 days late. |
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Shelby Carnahan Andrews, report preparer for Mr. Randy Delatte, requests a reconsideration and states the following:
They missed putting the filing date on the calendar and did not realize it until they were filing the annual report. Looking back on the events surround the filing deadline, they had previously purchased a book of business from a sick colleague around October 11, 2019. They anticipated that his 3 office staff members would stay to help with the client transition. Five days after the purchase, his colleague passed away sending all the employees and clients into a tailspin. One week later, the office manager gave him two hours notice that the whole staff was resigning. This made their task of helping the clients even harder.
This penalty will not affect her client, because she will be the one responsible for the payment of the penalty. Even the IRS would be understanding of these issues. She cites her history of filing without incident for Mr. Delatte and other clients with minimal issues.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 103
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: November 6, 2019
REPORTS FILED: February 17, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,800.00 in Receipts; $3,152.98 in Expenditures; $4,866.23 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
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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 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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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