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Control. Some of the project you seek to manage o behalf of the private consulting company are <br /> those located at the University. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B. No former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction,or <br /> in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee <br /> participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by <br /> which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following the termination of his <br /> public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the <br /> agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties <br /> to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, <br /> board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> La. R.S 42:1102(12) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which <br /> employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected <br /> official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> La. R.S 42:1102(15) "Participate"to mean to take part in or to have responsibility for action of a <br /> governmental entity or proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, <br /> through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, <br /> or the failure to act or perform a duty. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(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 entity or <br /> 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 /> La. R.S. 42:1102(19). "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> As the Senior Capital Project Manager of the Capital Projects Section of the Planning, Design & <br /> Construction Department at Louisiana State University, you are a public employee and public <br /> servant as defined by La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) and 1102(19). Your agency is the Capital Projects <br /> Section of the Planning,Design&Construction Department at Louisiana State University pursuant <br /> to La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). La. R.S. 42:1121B prohibits you, for a period of two years following <br /> your date of retirement,from assisting the private consulting company for compensation involving <br /> Page 2 of 3 (BD 2025-003) <br />