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i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> Ethics Board Docket Nos. 2023-661 <br /> Page 5 of 11 <br /> 8. <br /> If called to testify,GEO Foundation would state that it did not intentionally violate the Code <br /> of Governmental Ethics as it was not aware that making such payments to Mr. McGarner was <br /> prohibited. It would also state that after it became aware of any potential violations,corrective action <br /> was taken,the potential violations were reported to the Board,and it cooperated in the investigation. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> La. R.S. 17:3996B Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and <br /> except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a charter school <br /> established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and its approved charter <br /> and the school's officers and employees shall be exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory <br /> requirements that are applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except <br /> for the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same grades: (20) Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics,R.S. 42:1101 et seq.,with the exception of R.S. 42:1119 as it applies to any <br /> person employed by a charter school prior to August 15, 2003. <br /> 2. <br /> Section 1121A prohibits former agency heads from receiving a thing of economic value for <br /> assisting a person in transactions involving their former agency. <br />