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r r e`€RD L Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-1404 Page 7 of 10 of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. §1155. Penalties for illegal gain; forfeiture of gifts, payments A. If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public servant or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics to his economic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not to exceed one half of the amount of the economic advantage. Any appeal of such final decision by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall be to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit,pursuant to R.S. 42:1142. V. OPINION: It is the opinion of the BOE that Brian Pope, in his capacity as City Marshal, City Court, City of Lafayette, Parish of Lafayette, violated Section I I I IA of the Ethics Code by virtue of receiving compensation from each of the City Court and the Marshal's Office which he was not duly entitled to receive for the performance of his job duties. Section 111 I of the Ethics Code prohibits the City Marshal from receiving for the performance of his duties any thing of economic value to which they are not duly entitled. Brian Pope, while serving as City Marshal, City Court, City of Lafayette, Parish of Lafayette, received supplemental compensation in excess of his set compensation. It is the opinion of the BOE that Brian Pope, in his capacity as City Marshal, City Court, City of Lafayette, Parish of Lafayette, violated Section I I 12 of the Ethics Code by virtue of instructing staff of the Marshal's Office to issue supplemental compensation checks to Mr. Pope. Section 1112A of the Ethics Code prohibits the City Marshal from participating in a transaction involving the Marshal's Office in which he has a substantial economic interest.