| Request that the Board waive the $240 campaign finance late fee assessed against Kert Thomas, an unsuccessful candidate for Council Member, District 4, City of Scott, Lafayette Parish, in the November 8, 2022 election, whose 40-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 6 days late. |
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Kert Thomas requests a waiver and states the following: While vacationing in the month of January, he inadvertently did not submit the report until returning home and receiving the NOD. His other reports for this election were all submitted prior to the deadline dates. Mr. Thomas would like to humbly apologize for this oversight and ask that the fee be waived, reduced, or suspended.
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ELECTION: November 8, 2022
TYPE OF REPORT: 40-G
DAYS LATE: 6
ASSESSED FEE: $240.00
REPORTS DUE: January 19, 2023
REPORTS FILED: January 25, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures & $-0 Funds at 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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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