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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-131 Page 9 of 14 §1153. Penalties B. Upon a determination that any public employee or other person has violated any provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may remove, suspend, or order a reduction in pay, or demotion of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. � * * §1155. Penalties for illegal gain; forfeiture of gifts, payments A. If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public servant or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics to his economic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not to exceed one half of the amount of the economic advantage. Any appeal of such final decision by the Ethics Adjudicatory Board shall be to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, pursuant to R.S. 42:1142. V. OPINION: It is the opinion of the BOE that Mr. Temple, as a former member of the BCHI Board, violated Sections 1121A(1), 1121A(2) and 1121B of the Ethics Code by virtue of his execution of a lease with RI on behalf of HRG, within two years of resigning from the BCHI Board. Section 1121 of the Ethics Code prohibits Mr. Temple, for a period of two years, from receiving compensation for assisting a person in a transaction involving his former agency. Section 1121 of the Ethics Code also prohibits Mr. Temple, for a period of two years, from contracting with his former agency. It is the opinion of the BOE that HRG violated Section 1121 C of the Ethics Code by virtue of HRG assisting RI in transactions with BCHI. Section 1121 of the Ethics Code prohibits HRG,