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