Request that the Board waive a $1,800 campaign finance late fee assessed against Revitalize Northeast Louisiana PAC, a political action committee, and its committee's chairperson, Mary Cruz Berzoza, whose 2023 August Monthly campaign finance disclosure report was filed 9 days late. |
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Mary Cruz Berzoza, committee chairperson for Revitalize Northeast Louisiana PAC, requests a waiver and states the following: Due to Ms. Berzoza's teenage son being sick, there was an oversight because she believed her office had submitted the report. When she reviewed the filing schedule and spoke to a BOE representative, she thought the report had been filed.
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ELECTION: MONTHLY TYPES OF REPORT: 2023 August DAYS LATE: 9 ASSESSED FEE: $1,800.00 REPORTS DUE: September 11, 2023 REPORTS FILED: September 20, 2023 ACTIVITY REPORT: $2,000.00 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures; $2,000.00 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.
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Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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