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Docket No. 21-464
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive $420 and $540 campaign finance late fees assessed against Anthony Isley "AJ" Johnson, an unsuccessful candidate for City Marshal, City Court, City of Shreveport in the November 3, 2020 election, whose 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 7 and 9 days late, respectively.
Facts:
Anthony Isley "AJ" Johnson requests a waiver and states the following:


He was unaware that he filed the incorrect form instead of the 10-P. He asks for the fee to be waived because he did attempt to file the report on time.


Comments:
ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 7 & 9
ASSESSED FEE: $420 & $540
REPORTS DUE: October 26, 2020 and November 25, 2020
REPORTS FILED: November 2, 2020 and December 4, 2021


ACTIVITY REPORT: 10-P $-0 in Receipt; $700.00 in Expenditures and $4,519.52 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period


10-G $-0 in Receipts; $1,500.00 in Expenditures and $3,019.52 Funds on Hand at Close of Reporting Period


OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID


11/4/2014 Election: 10-P (2 days late) $120




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:
2021-464 - CF Waiver Request Anthony Isley _AJ_ Johnson 10-P
2021-464 - CF Waiver Request Anthony Isley _AJ_ Johnson 10-G (1)