| Request that the Board waive a $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Stephen Beard, in his capacity as a candidate for Sheriff, Bienville Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 2019 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 17 days late. |
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Stephen F. Beard requests a waiver and states the following:
He stated he depended upon someone who informed him that they were familiar with the Board of Ethics filing requirements to file his campaign reports in a proper and timely manner. He was told that the campaign account fell into the report filing exemption because no money had been received, spent, and no loans had been received or made. At the time of the missed report deadline, the campaign account only had $319.98. The campaign only received $2,000.00 in donations. When the campaign was informed of the error, it was corrected immediately and there have been no more issues.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 17
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: March 6, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $319.98 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE - PAID
30-P (1 days late)- $60
SPEC (15 days late) - $900 - PAID
SPEC (5 days late) - Suspended all but $200 -PAID; Reassessed $100- not served as of this date.
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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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