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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-139 <br /> Page 5 of 11 <br /> to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency. <br /> Section 1111 C(2)(d) and Section 1115A(1) of the Ethics Code provide in pertinent part: <br /> §1111. Payment from nonpublic sources <br /> C. Payments for nonpublic service <br /> (2) No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises <br /> control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing <br /> of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, <br /> to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: <br /> (d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such public <br /> servant would be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) or(B) from receiving a gift. <br /> §1115. Gifts <br /> A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of <br /> economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, <br /> agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably <br /> should know that such person: <br /> (1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial <br /> relationships with the public servant's agency. <br /> 11. <br /> The following terms are defined in Section 1102 of the Code and are relevant when <br /> analyzing the above Sections: <br /> (2)(a)(vi) provides that the "agency" for a member of a governing authority of a <br /> political subdivision, it shall mean the governmental entity. <br /> (9) defines "elected official" to mean any person holding an office in a <br />