| Request that the Board waive a $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Toney Edwards, a successful candidate for Sheriff, Catahoula Parish, in the October 12, 2019 election, whose 2020 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 109 days late. |
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Toney Edwards requests a waiver and states the following:
That his campaign manager and himself have always made a point of filing all reports in a timely manner and they have not made a habit of filing reports late. He made sure the necessary paperwork has been filed to date.
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ELECTION: October 12, 2019
TYPES OF REPORT: 2020 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 109
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2021
REPORTS FILED: June 7, 2021
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $887.82 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.This amount was brought forward to the 11/3/2020 election
OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID
10/24/2015 Election: 10-G (11 days late) - $660
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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 if 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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Reduce to $600 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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