| Request that the Board waive the $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Adam Toussaint, an unsuccessful candidate for City Marshal, City Court, City of Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 13 days late. |
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Adam Toussaint requests a waiver and states the following:
The reason he was late is because he did not understand how to file it initially and when he called the office for help, nobody would return his call timely after leaving several messages.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $600
REPORTS DUE: August 5, 2020
REPORTS FILED: August 18, 2020
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period. OTHER LATE FILINGS: ONE- PAID
10-P (6 days late)- $360
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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.
LAC 52:1205(C) states 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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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