| Request that the Board waive a $840 campaign finance late fee assessed against John C. Hebert, in his capacity as a candidate for Justice of the Peace, 3rd Justice Court, Ascension Parish, in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 21 days late. |
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John C. Hebert requests a waiver and states the following:
The late filing was just an oversight on his part. He said that he thought the first report due was the 10-P. He said he is not making any excuses it was just an oversight on his part. He states that he has a financial hardship due to being unable to work 4 months out of the year due to Covid 19. Candidate did not provide documentation of the financial hardship as requested.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 21
ASSESSED FEE: $840
REPORTS DUE: October 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: October 26, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT:$4,640.00 Receipts; $12,518.01 Expenditures; $2,121.99 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE- PAID
10/4/2008 10-G (36 days late)- $1,000
10/4/2008 40-G (2 days late)- $80
11/4/2014 SUPP2014 (2 days late)- $80
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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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