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Agenda Item
Docket No. 21-315
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive $680, $500 and $400 campaign finance late fees assessed Pam Blakely, a candidate for Mayor, Town of Delcambre, Iberia and Vermilion Parishes, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P, 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 64, 43 and 13 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Patti Vincent, Clerk for the Town of Delcambre, on behalf of Pam Blakely, requests a waiver and states the following:

Ms. Vincent states that the candidate mailed her reports on the day of the election. Also, that Mayor Blakely called our office on 12/3/2020 and left a message but did not get a response.

Comments:
ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P, 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 64, 43 & 12
ASSESSED FEE: $600, $500 & $400
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020; October 26, 2020 and November 25, 2020
REPORTS FILED: All on December 8, 2020


ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P $602.25 in Receipt; $680.00 in Expenditures and $602.25
Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period


10-P: $500 in Receipts; $317.75 in Expenditures and $784.50 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period


10-G: $21.58 in Receipts; $806.08 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE



Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2021-315 - CF Waiver Request Pam Blakely 30-P
2021-315 - CF Waiver Request Pam Blakely 10-p
2021-315 - CF Waiver Request Pam Blakely 10-G