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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-677 <br /> Page 5 of 8 <br /> 2. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following definitions: <br /> (2)(a) "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission,board, <br /> committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> (16) "Person" means an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an <br /> agency thereof. <br /> (18)(a) "Public employee" means anyone,whether compensated or not, who is: <br /> (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an <br /> elective office. <br /> (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the <br /> appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental <br /> entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof. <br /> (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. <br /> (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the <br /> governmental entity. <br /> (19) "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. <br /> V. <br /> OPINION: <br /> It is the opinion of the BOE that Calena Boullard, as Executive Director of the Welsh <br /> Housing Authority, violated La. R.S. 42:1115(A)(1), by virtue of her receipt of envelopes of <br /> money from Lyness Matthews, at a time when Lyness Matthews had, or was seeking to obtain, a <br />