| Request that the Board waive three (3) $3,000 for a total of $9,000 campaign finance late fees assessed against Paula PAC, a political action committee, and its committee's chairperson, Lew Love in the November 8, 2022 election, whose 30-P, 10-P and 10-G campaign finance disclosure reports were filed 120, 100 & 70 days late, respectively. |
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Lew Love, chairperson for Paula PAC, requests a waiver and states the following:
They apologize for the delayed report filing. They were unaware of the different filing requirements between a campaign account and a PAC. With this being their first ethics offense, they humbly ask that you waive the fees or consider reducing the fine to one penalty related to the untimely filing since they were not made aware of the requirements until the files were submitted to their report preparer, Ms. Leigh Davis to submit the annual report. The annual report was filed timely on 2/8/2023. They plan to fully comply going forward. Representative Paula Davis and Mr. Love would like to appear before the Board.
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ELECTION: November 8, 2022
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P, 10-P & 10-G
DAYS LATE: 120, 100 & 70
ASSESSED FEE: $3,000, $3,000 and $3,000
REPORTS DUE: October 11, 2022, October 31, 2022, and November 30, 2022;
REPORTS FILED: All filed on February 8, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $3,000 in Receipts; $4,780 in Expenditures; 27,112.74
Funds at Close of Reporting Period.
10-P: $4,500 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures and $31,612.74 Funds at Close of Reporting Period
10-G: $2,000 in Receipts; $2,500 in Expenditures and $31,112.74 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.
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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