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Request that the Board waive the $2,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against the Gulf Coast PAC, a political action committee, its committee's chairperson, Domoine Rutledge and treasurer, D. Stephen Laplace, whose May 2023 Monthly report was filed 10 days late. |
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Dana Daigle, report preparer for Gulf Coast PAC requests a waiver and states the following: Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC (P&N) was engaged by Gulf Coast PAC to assist with filing the monthly campaign reports. In May 2023, P&N began working to transition certain campaign finance clients to other service providers. Gulf Coast PAC did not receive notice of the change, and P&N did not file the May 2023 report. Upon discovery, P&N immediately filed the report. Both P&N and Gulf Coast PAC have a history of timely filing. Please take the miscommunication into consideration and waive the assessed late fee.
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TYPE OF REPORT: May 2023 Monthly
DAYS LATE: 10
ASSESSED FEE: $2,000
REPORT DUE: June 12, 2023
REPORT FILED: June 22, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORTED: $-0 in Receipts; $852.50 in Expenditures and $7,157.42 Funds on Hand 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. 18:1484.(2)(b). Each candidate for any other public office shall file reports of contributions in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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