| Request that the Board waive a $1,000.00 campaign finance late fee assessed against Step Up for Action (OP), as an other person in the October 14, 2023 election, and Benjamim Zucker, Co-Director, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 54 days late. |
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Benjamin Zucker, Co-Director, for the Step Up for Action - Other Person, requests a waiver and states the following: They understand the importance of compliance and sincerely regret any inconvenience this may have caused. Mistakenly, the 10-P was submitted instead of the 30-P. It contained all the needed information for both reports. It was filed untimely due to the confusion that a report should be filed without expenditures other than the processing fee. Mr. Zucker was notified to file the 30-P and amend the 10-P. There was no intention of planning or spending. They believed submitting the 30-P by the original deadline was unnecessary since there was no activity. Steps have been taken to avoid similar occurrences in the future. Due to this misunderstanding, they would like to request a late fee waiver.
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ELECTION: October 14, 2023
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P
DAYS LATE: 54
ASSESSED FEE: $400
REPORTS DUE: September 14, 2023
REPORTS FILED: November 7, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: $50,000 in Receipts; $1,950.30 in Expenditures; $70,250.48 Funds at Close of Reporting Period.
OTHER LATE FILINGS: FOUR - PAID
11/13/2021 Election: EDE-G (2 days late) - $80.00
11/8/2022 Election: 40-G (15 days late) - $600.00
10/14/2023 Election: 10-P (1 days late) - $40.00
10-G (1 days late) - $40.00
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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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