| Request that the Board waive a $1,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Laine P. Landry, Sr., an unsuccessful candidate for Chief of Police, Town of Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, in the July 11, 2020 election, whose 2020 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 245 days late. |
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Laine P. Landry, Sr requests a waiver and states the following:
He understands that he is past due with submitting these reports. After Hurricane Zeta in 2020, most of his paperwork was destroyed due to roof damage of his business. After retaining records from his bank, he was able to complete the reports.
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ELECTION: July 11, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 2020 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 245
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000
REPORTS DUE: February 18, 2021
REPORTS FILED: October 21, 2021
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $1,699.52 Expenditures; $4,523.04 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: SIX (6)
3/9/2004 Election: 10-P (1 days late) - $40 -PAID
3/5/2016 Election: 10-P (1 days late) - $40 - PAID
7/11/2020 Election: SPEC (5 days late) - $200
10-G (442 days late) - $1,000
40-G (392 days late) - $1,000
2021 SUPP (not filed) - $1,000
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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.
LAC 52:1205B(3) states that if, during the 14 days prior to the report being due, a natural disaster prevented the filer from making the report, the fine shall be rescinded.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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