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Ethics Board Docket No.2016-075
<br /> Ms.Julia George Moore
<br /> March 21,2016
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<br /> Development of French in Louisiana, Louisiana Tourism Promotion District Board of Directors,
<br /> Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Museum,Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission,
<br /> and the Kenner Naval Museum Commission. La.R.S.42:1124.2.1requires financial disclosure for
<br /> each member and designee of a board or commission which has the authority to expend,disburse
<br /> or invest$10,000 or more of funds in a fiscal year on or before May 15th of each year during which
<br /> the person holds office and the year following termination of the holding of such office.La.R.S.
<br /> 42:1124.2.1(D)(1)(a)defines a board or commission as(i) each board,commission,and like entity
<br /> created by law or executive order that is made a of the executive branch of state government by
<br /> the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,or that is placed in executive
<br /> branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or executive order,
<br /> or that exercises any authority or performs any function of the executive branch of state government;
<br /> (ii) each board, commission,and like entity created by the constitution, by law, by a political
<br /> subdivision, except as provided in Subparagraph(b) of this Paragraph,or jointly by two or more
<br /> political subdivisions as a governing authority of a political subdivision of the state or of a local
<br /> government.
<br /> La.R.S.42:1124.2.1D(1)(b)states that a"board or commission"shall not mean(i)the governing
<br /> authority of a parish,(ii)any board or commission or like entity that governs a political subdivision
<br /> created by a single parish governing authority of a parish with apopulationof two hundred thousand
<br /> or less, or any subdistrict of such a political subdivision, (iii) the governing authority of a
<br /> municipality,(iv)any board or commission or like entity that governs a political subdivision created
<br /> by a single municipal governing authority of a municipality with a population of twenty-five
<br /> thousand or less, or any subdistrict of such a political subdivision, (v) a board of directors of a
<br /> private nonprofit corporation that is not specifically created by law,or(vi)any board or commission
<br /> that does not have the authority to expend,disburse,or invest more than$50,000 of funds in a fiscal
<br /> year and whose members_are not eligible to receive any compensation,per diem,or reimbursement
<br /> of expenses for service on the board or commission.
<br /> Each of the boards or commissions required to file,pursuant to the information provided,are a board
<br /> or commission as defined by the Code of Governmental Ethics and have the authority to expend,
<br /> disburse,or invest$50,000 or more in funds in a fiscal year,or have the authority to make binding
<br /> recommendations on the expenditure,disbursement,or investment of$50,000 or more in funds in
<br /> a fiscal year.
<br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to inform you,that based on the information submitted in
<br /> Exhibit A,the members of the following boards or commissions are not required to file personal
<br /> financial disclosure statements pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1: Encore Commission,Louisiana
<br /> Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys,Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing
<br /> Board, Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, Louisiana Folklife
<br /> Commission,Louisiana National Register Review Committee,Louisiana Historic Cemetery Trust
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