| Request that the Board waive the $480 campaign finance late fee assessed against Paula D. Spikes Piper, an unsuccessful candidate for Councilmen at Large, City of DeRidder, Beauregad/Vernon Parishes, in the March 26, 2022 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late. |
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Paula D. Spikes Piper requests a waiver and states the following:
Since she was not successful in the primary election campaign, she misunderstood the requirements of the 10-G report because she did not participate in the general election. Therefore, she did not believe this 10-G report was required. However, after receiving the Board's letter stating that she needed to submit the report, she had her campaign manager, Murray Piper, submit the report on May 2, 2022. Again, this error was due to the misunderstanding of the requirements as it related to the General Election.
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ELECTION: March 26, 2022
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 13
ASSESSED FEE: $480
REPORTS DUE: April 20, 2022
REPORTS FILED: May 2, 2022
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $179.15 Expenditures; $327.73 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE
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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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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