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STATE OF LOUISIANA Si: L,,,,, DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE �P`;^ 1'y=_ LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS i ' III ` i.,I P.O. BOX 4368 rl,f,.� �` BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 ...----••.,”::::000'. °"R, . �` (225)219-5600 `.`~ '', FAX (225)381-7271 •I•",I,,,,'I"",, 1-800-842-6630 www.eth i c s.state.I a.us April 21, 2011 Mr. Curt E. Bowers Jefferson Davis Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 1310 Airport Road P.O. Box 917 Jennings, LA 70546 RE: Ethics Board Docket No. 2011-461 Dear Mr. Bowers: The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 15, 2011 Board meeting,considered your request for an advisory opinion regarding who is prohibited from bidding on the sale of district surplus property and equipment of the Jefferson Davis Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1 (the District)by the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics. The Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury created the District and which ;s governed by a commission consisting of five members appointed by the police • jury You stated that a list of surplus property and equipment is compiled and is submitted to the members of the Jefferson Davis Parish Mosquito Abatement Commission (Commission) for approval at a public meeting. Then legal advertisements announcing the sale are run in the parish legal journal stating that sealed bids are being accepted and that all bids will be opened and read aloud during a publicly advertised meeting of the Commission. The Board concluded, and instructed me to advise you, that the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits the employees of the District and their immediate family members, and any legal entity in which the employee has an interest in excess of 25%from bidding on the District's surplus property. Additionally,the Code prohibits the appointed members of the Commission,their immediate family members, and any legal entity in which the commissioner has a substantial economic interest from bidding on the surplus property. Section 1113A of the Code prohibits a public servant from contracting,subcontracting or entering into a transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the public servant's agency. Section 1113B prohibits an appointed member of any board or commission, member of his immediate family,or legal entity in which he has a substantial economic interest from bidding on or entering into or from being in any way interested in any contract, subcontract,or other transaction which is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such appointed member. Since the property is under the supervision of the District, the employees and commission members of the District are prohibited from entering into the transaction of bidding on the surplus property. Ill AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER