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(iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:1102(19) defines "public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. ANALYSIS As the former Assistant Chief of Technology in the SFM Special Services and Support Division, you were a public employee pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) and a public servant pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(19). For purposes of the Code, your agency was the SFM Special Services and Support Division pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a), and your governmental entity was the State of Louisiana pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(12). You were not an agency head pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(3). La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) prohibits you, for two years following your retirement from public employment with the SFM in April 2024, from assisting another individual or legal entity, including DBS, its sister teclmology companies, or its clients, for compensation in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, in which you participated at any time during your public employment with SFM and involving the State of Louisiana. However, you are not prohibited from assisting DBS, its sister tecl�nology companies, or its clients for compensation on any matter involving the State of Louisiana in which you did not previously participate during your employment with SFM. , La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) also prohibits you, for two years following your retirement from public employment with the SFM in April 2024, from rendering any service, which you previously rendered to the SFM Special Services and Support Division during the term of your public employment, on a contractual basis to, for, or on behalf of your for�ner agency, the SFM Special Services and Support Division, regardless of the parties to the contract. However, you are not prohibited from rendering new services that you have not previously rendered to the SFM Special Seivices and Support Division during your public employment, on a contractual basis to, for, or on behalf of the SFM Special Services and Support Division. Additionally, La. R.S. 42:1121C prohibits DBS, for two years following your retirement from public employment, from assisting another individual or legal entity, such as a sister technology company or a client, for compensation in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, in which you at any time previously participated during your public employment and involving the SFM Special Services and Support Division. However, DBS is not prohibited from assisting another individual or legal entity for compensation in connection with a transaction involving the SFM Special Services and Support Division in which you did not previously participate during your employment with SFM. CONCLUSION The Board concluded and instructed ine to inform you that the post-employment restrictions contained in the Code, as explained in the above paragraphs, apply to you and DBS for two years following the date you retired from your public employment with the SFM in April 2024. The Page 3 of 4 (BD 2025-116)