| Request that the Board waive a $2,400 campaign finance late fee assessed against Shelter Insurance La PAC, a political action committee, its committee's chairperson, Brian Waller and treasurer, Christina Workman in the October 14, 2023 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late. |
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Brian Waller, committee chairperson for Shelter Insurance LA PAC, requests a waiver and states the following: The report was filed untimely due to an inadvertent omission of the filing deadline from their master PAC report filing calendar. Once they were made aware of the error, they filed immediately and made sure there weren't any other missing reports. They began inquiring about contracting with a vendor to manage their reporting requirements to ensure this would not happen again. Please consider the fact that their PAC just opened in 2023, and they are relatively small. They would like to respectfully request that the fee be waived or reduced.
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ELECTION: October 14, 2023
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 12
ASSESSED FEE: $2,400
REPORTS DUE: November 8, 2023
REPORTS FILED: November 20, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: $1,014.64 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $8,063.37
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.
LAC 52:1205(C) states if a report is filed more than 10 days late and the amount of activity on the report is less than the amount of the late fee to be assessed, the staff may reduce the late fee to the amount of activity or 10 times the per-day penalty, whichever is greater.
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Reduce to $2,000 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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