| Request that the Board waive a $540 campaign finance late fee assessed against William J. "Billy" Bennett, a candidate for District Judge,12th Judicial District Court, Division B, Avoyelles Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late. |
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William J. Bennett requests a waiver and states the following:
He honestly is just requesting mercy and that he forgot he needed to file the report. He was unopposed and he has been unopposed since 2002 and has always filed the 30-P but in this case he just simply forgot. He said he had no activity since he was unopposed. He states that it seems quite penal to force payment of a $540.00 fine when there has been no activity and also especially considering that the Judicial salary was decreased by $500 per month due to Covid from March 2020 through September 2020. He states that he has 24 years of service to the state.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 9
ASSESSED FEE: $540
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 14, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT:$-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $33,267.95 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID
10/4/2008 2009 SUPP (26 days late)Reduced- $100
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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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