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7/1/2025 9:37:24 AM
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5/2/2025 2:01:56 PM
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2025-117
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2025-117
Requesting Party
Wendell R Miller
Parties Involved
Carter Ledbetter Prejean
Wayne Ledbetter
Agency at Issue
City of Jennings
Jennings City Council
Decision Date
5/2/2025
Law
La. R.S. 42:1112B(1)
La. R.S. 42:1120
La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a)
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Carter Ledbetter Prejean from renewing her services contract with the City of Jennings once her father, Wayne Ledbetter, assumes the office of Jennings City Councilman, but she is not prohibited from fulfilling the terms of her current contract.
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Prohibited Contracts
Prohibited Transactions
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> oV LOU <br /> p1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> .S�oN J�Src <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ' P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> corori�cNcc (225)219-5600 <br /> '••»o»•' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> May 5, 2025 <br /> Wendell R. Miller <br /> P. O. Box 1249 <br /> Jennings, Louisiana 70546 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-117 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Miller: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its May 2, 2025 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (the "Code") prohibits the continued <br /> employment of Ms. Carter Ledbetter Prejean since her father, Wayne Ledbetter, has been elected <br /> to the Jennings City Council. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You provided that Wayne Ledbetter was elected to Jennings City Council District B, on March 29, <br /> 2025. His daughter Carter Ledbetter Prejean has been employed with the City of Jennings as an <br /> independent contractor since November 17,2022.Ms. Prejean handles communication for the city <br /> via the Internet,Facebook, and news releases,including photography and videography. She is paid <br /> a monthly fee. She is supervised by the mayor. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1112B(1)No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a <br /> transaction involving the governmental entity in which, any member of his immediate family to <br /> his actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113(A)(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. 42:1120 If any elected official, in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office <br /> or position,would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R.S. 42:1112, <br /> he shall recuse himself from voting. An elected official who recuses himself from voting pursuant <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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