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Agenda Item
Docket No. 22-385
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Bernie Woods, Sr., an unsuccessful candidate for Councilman / District G / City of Shreveport (Pop. 199,311) / Caddo Parish, in the November 4, 2014 election, whose 2015 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 19 days late.
Facts:


Bernie Woods, Sr. requests a waiver and states the following:

He filed the report back when it was due and made sure it was done before being considered late. Apparently, the filing never reached the office. He assumed this was taken care of and filed with no issues since this was the first letter he received on the matter since he filed in 2017. He would like to respectfully request the abatement of penalties.








Comments:
ELECTION: November 4, 2014
TYPES OF REPORT: 2015 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 351
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2016
REPORTS FILED: January 31, 2017
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $13,128.01 Expenditures; $-0 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period. This report forgave $13,128.01 personal loan


OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE

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.

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

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.


Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2022-385 - CF Waiver Bernie Woods Sr 2015 Supp, 11-4-2014 election