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4 <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following relevant definitions: <br /> (2)(a)(vi) "Agency" for public servants of politieal subdivisions, shall mean the <br /> agency in which the public servant serves, public servants of political subdivisions <br /> shall include, but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of <br /> municipalities. <br /> (8) "Controlling interest'� means any ownership in any legal entity or beneficial <br /> interest in a trust held by or on behalf of an individual or a member of his <br /> immediate family, either individually or collectively, which exceeds twenty-five <br /> percent of that legal entity. <br /> (12) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which <br /> employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which <br /> the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> (1.3) "Immediate family' as the term relates to a public servant includes his/her <br /> children. <br /> (17)"Political subdivision"means any unit of local government,including a special <br /> district, authorized by law to perforin governmental functions, <br /> (18)(a) "public employee" means anyone, whether compensated or not, who is: <br /> (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling <br /> an elective office. <br /> (ii) Appointed by any elected off 1 ci al when acting in an official capacity, and the <br /> appointment 1s to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the <br /> governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as <br /> an employee thereof. <br /> (ill)Engaged in the performance of governmental function. <br /> (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee <br /> of the governmental entity. <br /> (19) "public servant"means a public employee or elected official. <br /> X23) "Transaction involving the- governmental entity" means any proceeding, <br /> application, submission,request for a ruling or other determination, contract,claim, <br /> case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former publle <br /> servant of the governmental entity in question knows or shouldla-low: <br /> (a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity. <br /> (b) Is one to which the governmental entity is or will be a party. <br /> (c) Is one in which the governmental entity has a direct interest. A transaction <br /> involving the agency of a governmental entity shall have the sa.n-le meaning with <br /> respect to the agency. <br /> Page 4 of 6 (Agency Tracking No. 2023-996) <br />