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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �F.LOpls� DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> Qo) , ,°�� LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * ` BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> ooNei Df"C (225)219-5600 <br /> ..o..••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> April 7, 2025 <br /> Ronny Doucett <br /> 3925 Brooke Flower Lane <br /> Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-076 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Doucett: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on April 4, 2025, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics("Code")permits you and/or your company <br /> from transacting with first responders in Sulphur, Louisiana. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You currently serve as District Fire Chief for the Sulphur Fire Department. Sulphur Fire <br /> Department is a fully paid, class 2, progressive department that responds to approximately 800 <br /> emergency calls annually.The Fire Department provides proactive prevention services such as fire <br /> safety inspections of commercial properties, site plan reviews, and fire safety education. <br /> You and your son-in-law are opening a uniform business in the area that serves first responders. <br /> You own 40% of the business, and your son-in-law owns 60%. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises <br /> control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic <br /> value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during <br /> his public service unless such services are: <br /> (d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such public servant would <br /> be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) or(B) from receiving a gift. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of <br /> economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or <br /> employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such <br /> person: <br /> (1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the <br /> public servant's agency, or <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115B. No public employee shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of <br /> economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-076) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />