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Docket No. 21-774
 
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RE:
Request to waive the $1,100 late fee assessed against Carol Stewart for failure to timely file a Supplemental Lobbying Registration Report.
Facts:
Ms. Stewart states that she represented the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) until this client terminated her contract effective May 30, 2021. RIAA was handling all filings of her reports and neither of them understood there was a last step in terminating her registration in Louisiana, which caused her to miss the deadline. She stated that she lives and works in South Carolina and has not been to Louisiana on behalf of RIAA, or for any other reason, since her contract began. She states she did not lobby in Louisiana in the spring, including the reporting period in her last report.
Comments:
REPORT: Supplemental Registration Report

REPORT DUE: June 9, 2021

REPORT FILED: July 1, 2021

DAYS LATE: 22 DAYS LATE

FEE ASSESSED: $1,100.00

ACTIVITY REPORTED: $0.00

OTHER LATE FILINGS: None

REGISTERED BRANCH: Leg - Currently Terminated as of July 1, 2021

LOBBYING SINCE: 2021

Law:
24:58D(1)(a) Any person required to register and who fails to timely register and any person who fails to timely file any report required by this Part shall be assessed, pursuant to R.S. 42:1157, a late fee of fifty dollars per day.
Recommendations:
Waive the late fee.
Assigned Attorney: Kathleen Allen
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2021-774 - Lobbying Waiver Request Carol Stewart