| Request that the Board waive a $1,000.00 campaign finance late fee assessed against Taylor L. James, a successful candidate for Council Member, City of Carencro, Lafayette Parish in the November 8, 2022 election, whose 2023 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 124 days late. |
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Taylor L. James requests a waiver and states the following: She inadvertently filed a PFD instead of the 2023 SUPP report. She received an e-mail confirmation of the "candidate report" and believed she complied. Ms. Taylor was unaware of her delinquency until she received the LFO. Within 24 hours of receiving the notice, she filed the correct report and would have done so before the deadline had she known. Ms. Taylor would like to apologize for any confusion and assure you this mishap was unintentional.
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ELECTION: November 8, 2022
TYPES OF REPORT: 2023 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 124
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000.00
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2024.
REPORTS FILED: June 18, 2024
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $418.81 Funds on Hand at the 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.
18:1495.4D(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.
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 $400 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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