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Waiver request submitted by Belinda Belle Brown Hazel, former Assessor / Plaquemines Parish, regarding a $2500 late fee assessed for filing her 2023 Tier 2 annual pfd 84 days late. |
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Amanda Dietz is submitting a waiver on behalf of her mother, Belinda Brown Hazel. Ms. Hazel retired in February 2023 due to health issues, and they have been spending the last year and a half focusing on her health and well-being. She has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and is unable to complete the report herself. Although Ms. Dietz acknowledges that the FTF notice was received, she requests that the fee be waived because the summer was difficult for their family while attempting to get Ms. Hazel adjusted, who was hospitalized a few times. Ms. Dietz has three young children to care for as well. Once her children went back to school and her mother obtained full-time care, she was able to focus on her mother's paperwork and realized her report was past due.
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TYPE OF REPORT: 2023 Tier 2 Annual Report
ORIGINAL FILING DATE: May 15, 2024
DATE NOD RECEIVED: 7/9/2024 (Donald Hazel)
DATE REPORT FILED: 10/10/2024
DAYS LATE FROM NOD: 84 days
DAYS LATE FROM ORIGINAL DUE DATE: 148 days
ASSESSED LATE FEE: $2500
PRIOR/OUTSTANDING PFD LATE FEES: None
PRIOR/OUTSTANDING CF LATE FEES: None
OUTSTANDING DISCLOSURE REPORTS: None
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: has filed 17 reports or amendments
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La. R.S. 42:1124.2
requires each person holding a public office who represents a voting district having a population of 5,000 or more persons to file an annual personal financial disclosure statement on or before May 15th of each year during which the person holds office and the year following termination of the holding of such office.
La. R.S. 42:1124.4 provides that upon discovery of the failure to file, failure to timely file, omission of information or inaccurate information, the Board shall notify the filer by sending him a notice of delinquency by certified mail. The notice of delinquency shall inform the person that the financial statement must be filed, or that the information must be disclosed or accurately disclosed, or that a written answer contesting the allegation of such failure, omission, or inaccuracy must be filed no later than seven (7) business days after receipt of the notice of delinquency.
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Suspend all based on future compliance.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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