| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Richard "Richie" Lewis, a candidate for Councilman at Large, Western Division, St. Bernard Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 148 days late. |
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Richard Lewis requests a waiver and states the following:
He was unopposed and unaware of what documents he had to file. He asked the clerk of council and he was under the impression he did not need to file anything. Once he learned that he was supposed to file he immediately contacted his CPA and had him file the report. He is asking for the fine to be revoked or significantly reduced.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 148
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: September 12, 2019
REPORTS FILED: February 7, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT:$-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FIVE
10/22/2011 Election: EDE-P (20 days late) - $400 - PAID
EDE-G (120 days late) - $400 - PAID
40-G (90 days late) - $400 - PAID
10/24/2015 Election: 30-P (1 days late) - $60 - PAID
40-G (2 days late) - $120
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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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Reduce to $600 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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