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• Page 6 of 9 <br /> Board Docket No. 2007-272 <br /> II. <br /> APPLICABLE LAW <br /> At issue in this case are Sections 1505.1C of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. <br /> Section 1505.1.0 provides that failure to disclose or failure to disclose accurately any <br /> information required to be reported is a violation. <br /> Section 1505.4B provides: <br /> B.Any candidate,the treasurer or chairman of any political committee, or any <br /> other person required to file reports under this Chapter who knowingly and <br /> willfully fails to disclose, or knowingly and willfully fails to accurately <br /> disclose, any information required by this Chapter to be disclosed in the <br /> reports required herein,maybe-assessed a civil penalty for each day untifsuch <br /> information is disclosed by amendment to the appropriate report of such <br /> candidate,political committee,or other person. "Knowingly and willfully",for <br /> purposes of this Subsection, means conduct which could have been avoided <br /> through the exercise of due diligence. Such penalties shall be as provided in <br /> Subsection A above. <br /> Section 1505.4A provides in pertinent part: <br /> A.(1)Any candidate,the treasurer or chairman of a political committee,or any <br /> other person required to file any reports under this Chapter, who knowingly <br /> fails to file or who knowingly fails to timely file any such reports as are <br /> required by this Chapter may be assessed a civil penalty as provided in R.S. <br /> 42:1157 for each day until such report s filed. <br /> (2)(a) The amount of such penalty may be: <br /> *** <br /> (ii)Sixty dollars per day,not to exceed Iwo thousand dollars, for any candidate <br /> . for district office and any treasurer or chairman of any political committee <br /> designated as a principal campaign comm'ttee or subsidiary committee of such <br /> a candidate. <br />