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employee of such person, if such public employee knows or reasonably should know that such <br /> person: <br /> (1) Conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency. <br /> (2) Has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or <br /> nonperformance of the public employee's official duty. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) No public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member <br /> of any board or commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population <br /> of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family, or legal entity in <br /> which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other <br /> transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. <br /> La.R.S.42:1102(2)(a)"Agency"means a department,office,division,agency,commission,board, <br /> committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> (vi) For public servants of political subdivisions, it shall mean the agency in which the <br /> public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the <br /> elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the <br /> governmental entity.Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be <br /> limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other <br /> political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; <br /> coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(8). "Controlling interest" means any ownership in any legal entity or beneficial <br /> interest in a trust,held by or on behalf of an individual or a member of his immediate family, either <br /> individually or collectively, which exceeds twenty-five percent of that legal entity. <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 /> Page 2 of 3 (BD 2025-076) <br />