| Request that the Board waive two $500 late fees for a total of $1,000 assessed against Reginald Cedric Prealow, a successful candidate for Member of School Board, District 6, Red River Parish in the March 29, 2025 election, whose 30-P and 10-P reports were filed 84 and 64 days late, respectively. |
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Reginald C. Prealow requests a waiver and states the following: As a first-time candidate, he was unfamiliar with the deadlines for submitting his reports prior to the election. He believed the reports were due after the election and affirms there was no intent to withhold or misrepresent any information regarding his campaign funds. Mr. Prealow would like to thank you for your time and asks that you consider waiving or reducing the assessed late fee.
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ELECTION: March 29, 2025
TYPES OF REPORT: 30-P and 10-P
DAYS LATE: 84 and 64
ASSESSED FEE: $500.00 and $500.00
REPORTS DUE: February 27, 2025 and March 19, 2025
REPORTS FILED: Both filed on May 22, 2025
ACTIVITY REPORT: 30-P: $3,631.20 in Receipts; $3,631.20 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds at Close of Reporting Period
10-P: $-0 in Receipts; $-0 in Expenditures and $-0 Funds 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.
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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With respect to 30-P, decline to waive.
With respect to 10-P, reduce to $400 based on Rule 1205C, decline to waive.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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