| Request that the Board waive the $3,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against Cleco PAC, Cleco Corporation, a political action committee, its committee's chairperson, Eric Schouest, and treasurer, Melissa Bordelon, whose 2023 January Monthly Report was filed 17 days late. |
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On behalf of the Cleco PAC, Joseph Moss is requesting a waiver and states the following: The January report LA-108881 was filed on time on 2/9/2023, but it was later discovered that the user mistakenly entered 12/1/2022-12/31/2022 instead of 1/1/2023-1/31/2023 as the report's electronic parameters. This caused filing LA-108881 to overwrite report LA-107504 even though the amended return box was not checked. In February 2023, a BOE representative was contacted, and it was decided to submit a corrected filing to resolve the issue. The expectation was that this subsequent filing would resolve the matter.
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TYPE OF REPORT: Monthly for January 2023
DAYS LATE: 17
ASSESSED FEE: $3,000.00
REPORT DUE: February 10, 2023
REPORT FILED: February 27, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $3,080.27 in Receipts; $100.05 in Disbursements and $19,151.92 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.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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