1. A. Any person assessed with automatic late filing fees may request a waiver of the late fee, in writing, to the board within 20 days after the receipt of the assessment requiring the payment of late filing fees, setting forth the facts which tend to prove that the late filer had good cause for filing late.
2. B. The executive secretary shall place all such requests for a waiver on the board’s agenda for consideration. If a late filer requests to make an appearance, the executive secretary shall schedule the appearance.
3. C. At the time of submission of his request for a waiver, the late filer shall submit all information and documentation to support his request.
4. D. If the board affirms the order assessing the late fee, notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the late filer, notifying him that the order was affirmed.
5. E. If the board waives the late fee, notice of the board’s decision shall be issued by regular mail.
6. F. If the board alters in any way the assessment of the late fee after consideration of a waiver request, a new order shall be issued by the staff of the board consistent with the decision of the board after consideration of the waiver request. The new order shall be sent to the late filer in the manner set forth in §1203.B.
7. G. Within 20 days of receipt of the notice of the board’s decision on the waiver request, the late filer may seek reconsideration of the board’s decision only upon submission of information not provided or available to the board during its initial consideration of the matter.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 42:1134(A).

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Civil Service, Board of Ethics, LR 23:1298 (October 1997), amended LR 30:2669 (December 2004), LR 38:1208 (May 2012), LR 42:1654 (October 2016).