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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF•LO(�13r DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Y P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> cONrioeNcc (225)219-5600 <br /> '•..o..•' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> April 8, 2025 <br /> John Arbour <br /> Superintendent <br /> Parks and Recreation District#3 <br /> 7510 Vincent Road <br /> Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-078 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Arbour: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 4, 2025 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (Code) prohibits, Zabrina <br /> Pitre, a former board member's spouse from bidding on a contract with the Parks and Recreation <br /> District#3 in Denham Springs. <br /> FACTS <br /> Blaine Pitre, a Parks and Recreation Board member, resigned in December 2024. He no longer <br /> serves on the Board. Before his appointment His wife, Zabrina Pitre,bid on and won the bid to run <br /> concessions for his former agency Parks and Recreation District 3. She stopped when he was <br /> appointed to the Board.Now that he has resigned she desires to bid on the contract for concessions <br /> again. The former Board member stated that he will not assist his wife in any way with the <br /> concessions contract if she were to be the lowest bidder and be awarded the contract. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121. Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service <br /> A.(1)No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years following <br /> the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official <br /> serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an <br /> appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a <br /> contractual basis to or for such agency. <br /> (2)No former member of a board or commission shall, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public service on such board or commission, contract with, be <br /> employed in any capacity by, or be appointed to any position by that board or commission. <br /> B.(1) General rule for other public employees. No former public employee shall, for a <br /> period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, <br /> for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2025-078) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />