| Request that the Board waive the $1,000.00 campaign finance late fee assessed against Kacie Stewart, successful candidate for Alderman, Town of Livingston, Livingston Parish in the November 3, 2020, whose 2022 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 89 days late. |
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Ms. Stewart requests a waiver and states the following: She believed she completed her report until she received the NOD. She submitted her PFD on March 9 instead of her SUPP2022 report. She filed the SUPP2022 once she realized the error. This was an honest mistake. As a first time elected official, learning all the filing requirements has taken some time. She also cites financial hardship.
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ELECTION: November 3, 2020
TYPES OF REPORT: 2022 SUPPL
DAYS LATE: 89
ASSESSED FEE: $1,000.00
REPORTS DUE: February 15, 2023
REPORTS FILED: May 15, 2023
ACTIVITY REPORT: $-0 Receipts; $-0 Expenditures; $632.37 Funds on Hand at the Close of Reporting Period;
OTHER LATE FILINGS: THREE
11/3/2020 Election: 2023 SUPP (21 days late) - $840 (NOT PAID)
10-G (6 days late)--$240--PAID
10-P (2 days late)--$80--PAID
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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 $400 based on Rule 1205C; decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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