| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Bobby Holmes, a candidate for District Judge, 14th Judicial District Court, ES 1, Div. H, Calcasieu Parish in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 2019 Annual campaign finance disclosure report was filed 238 days late. |
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Donald Walker, III, report preparer for Bobby Holmes requests a waiver and states the following:
The area was devastated by 2 hurricanes and the data required to complete the report was destroyed along with the office. They were not able to obtain information until several months later. Also, he states that a staff member/campaign management personnel passed away and the information required to complete another portion of the report was in her possession.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 2019 ANNUAL
DAYS LATE: 238
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 13, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $16,700.00 Receipts; $8,410.31 Expenditures; $8,289.69 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FIVE (UNPAID)
10-G (5 days late)- $300
EDE-P (6 days late) - $360
10-P (22 days late) - $1,320
30-P (17 days late) - $1,020
SUPP2020 (not filed) - $2,000
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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.
Rule 1205C provides that iIf a report is filed more than 10 days late and the
amount of activity on the report is less than the amount of
the late fee to be assessed, the staff may reduce the late fee
to the amount of activity or 10 times the per-day penalty,
whichever is greater
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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