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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-876 Page 5 of 9 Section 111213(3) of the Ethics Code provides in pertinent part: §1112. Participation in certain transactions involving the governmental entity B. No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest: (3)Any person of which he is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee. 3. The following terms are defined in Section 1102 of the Ethics Code and are relevant when analyzing the above Sections: (15) defines "participate" to mean to take part in or to have responsibility for action of a governmental entity or proceeding,personally,as a public servant of the governmental entity,through approval,disapproval,decision,recommendation,the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty. (23) defines "transaction involving the governmental entity" to mean any proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know: (a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity. (b) Is one to which the governmental entity is or will be a party. (c) Is one in which the governmental entity has a direct interest. A transaction involving the agency of a governmental entity shall have the same meaning with respect to the agency. V. OPINION: It is the opinion of the BOE that Justin Childress violated Section I IC(2)(d) of the Ethics