| Request that the Board waive the $400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Steven Marcus, a candidate for Councilman, Town of Madisonville, St.Tammany Parish, in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late. |
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Steven Marcus requests a waiver and states the following:
This is his first time running for an elected office and due to COVID, the reporting schedule changed several times. As soon as he was called and notified that he had missed a report date, he immediately completed the report. There also may have been a delay in posting his report because he initially completed the report incorrectly and was also called and notified of his error which he immediately corrected. He only collected $350 in donations and this assessment is for $400 so the assessment exceeds his campaign contributions amount.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $400
REPORTS DUE: August 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: August 17, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT:10-G: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $350 Funds on Hand at the 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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