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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-348 Page 4 of 9 importance in disclosing her affiliation with her husband, the Hammond City Councilman Devon Wells. In fact, such disclosure was acknowledged at the zoning hearing and that the variance application was submitted in good faith. IV. PROVISIONS OF LAW: 11. Section 1113A of the Ethics Code an immediate family member of a public servant from entering into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. La.R.S.42:1113A: No public servant,excluding any legislator and any appointed member of any board of commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. 12. The following terms are defined in Section 1102 of the Ethics Code and are relevant when analyzing the above Section: La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi) defines "agency," for public servants of political subdivisions, to mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of political subdivisions shall include, but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions. La. R.S. 42:1102(11) defines "governing authority" to mean the body which exercises the legislative functions of a political subdivision.