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Agenda Item
Docket No. 24-222
 
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RE:
Request that the Board waive the $400.00 campaign finance late fee assessed against Courtney Broussard-Fitch, an unsuccessful candidate for Councilman, District 12, Iberia Parish, in the October 14, 2023 election, whose 10-G campaign finance disclosure report was filed 10 days late.
Facts:
Courtney Broussard-Finch requests a waiver and states the following: She is a 1st-time candidate for Iberia Parish Councilman District 12 and did not have the financial means to hire an experienced campaign manager. She was uneducated about the responsibilities of filing a 10-G report despite not moving forward to the general election and being listed as a candidate on the ballot. There wasn't a surplus of remaining funds to cover the late fee, so this fine would cause a financial burden.


Comments:
ELECTION: October 14, 2023
TYPES OF REPORT: 10-G
DAYS LATE: 10
ASSESSED FEE: $400.00
REPORTS DUE: November 8, 2023
REPORTS FILED: November 18, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $4.30 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period.

OTHER LATE FILINGS: NONE




Law:
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.

Recommendations:
Decline to waive.
Assigned Attorney: Charles Reeves
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2024-222 - CF Waiver C Broussard Fitch 10-G