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J 524, <br /> Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-1404 <br /> Page 5 of 10 <br /> §1111. Payment from nonpublic sources <br /> A. Payments for services to the governmental entity <br /> (1)(a)No public servant shall receive anything of economic value,other than compensation <br /> and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled,for the performance <br /> of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. <br /> 2. <br /> Section 1112A of the Ethics Code prohibits a public servant from participating in a <br /> transaction involving his governmental entity in which he has a substantial economic interest. <br /> Section 1112A of the Ethics Code provides in pertinent part: <br /> §1112. Participation in certain transactions involving the governmental entity <br /> A.No public servant,except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction <br /> in which he has a personal substantial economic interest of which he may be reasonably <br /> expected to know involving the governmental entity. <br /> 3. <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)defines"agency,"with respect to public servants of political subdivisions, <br /> to mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of <br /> any governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a <br /> governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of <br /> political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be limited to, elected officials and <br /> public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; <br /> sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and <br /> their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. <br /> (9) defines "Elected official" to mean any person holding an office in a <br /> governmental entity which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall <br /> also include any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices. <br /> (12)defines"governing entity"to mean the state or any political subdivision which <br />