| Untimelyrequest that the Board reconsider its decision to decline to 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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Original request stated:
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.
Reconsideration states:
Ms. Berzoza submitted the reports in her capacity as an employee at the Earl Law Firm, as directed by attorney Ashley Earl (also her then-fiance'). She ended her employment and engagement in December 2023.
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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: TWO (unpaid)
March 2024 10-G--not filed ($3,000)
2024 ANN--not filed ($3,000)
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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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