| Request that the Board waive a $280 campaign finance late fee assessed against Barney Arceneaux, a candidate for Mayor, City of Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 7 days late. |
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Barney Arceneaux, submitted this waiver and states the following:
He is always on time with his reports and the reason he was late was because he was unopposed for the first time and did not realize that he had to submit the report.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 146
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 12
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $24,595.00 Receipts; $9,883.20 Expenditures; $96,624.58
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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