| Request that the Board waive the $400 campaign finance late fee assessed Christopher Petite, a candidate for Councilman, District 3, City of Natchitoches in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 14 days late. |
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Christopher Petite request and states the following:
During his campaign he tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on quarantine. It was a very stressful time due to the fact that he was not able to work and provide for his family as needed. A month or so later his mother tested positive for COVID-19. She had a really difficult time recovering and was hospitalized. She was finally sent home with oxygen. He and his sister successfully nursed her back to health. In the process of his campaign he had to endure very challenging circumstances. Though he was successfully elected as Council person for District 3, he regrets that in the process he failed to timely file his reports.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 14
ASSESSED FEE: $400
REPORTS DUE: September 24, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 8, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $20.00 in Receipts; $93.88 in Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE - PAID
10-P (7 days late) - $280
10-G (7 days late) - $280
EDE-G (7 days late) - $280
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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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