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Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2013-1778
Parties Involved
Walter C. Lee
DeSoto Parish School System
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mansfield Auto World
Decision Date
3/18/2016
Law
42:1111A
42:1112A
42:1115A(1)
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Consent order in which Walter C. Lee agrees that he violated La. R.S. 42:1111A by virtue of his receipt of reimbursements for travel expenses that were paid for with a Fuelman card issued by DeSoto Parish School System (DPSS) and Chase business card from BESE; that he violated La. R.S. 42:1112A by virtue of his participation in the early termination of a DPSS vehicle lease in which he had a substantial economic interest; that he violated La. R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) by virtue of his receipt of a thing of economic value, a discount on the purchase price of a vehicle that was previously leased to DPSS, as a gift or gratuity from Mansfield Auto World, at a time when Mansfield Auto World had a contractual or other business or financial relationship with DPSS.
Ethics Subject Matters
Gifts
Payment - Not Duly Entitled
Participation
Prohibited Sources
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• <br /> 5. <br /> From July 2010 until October 2012, Mr. Lee requested and personally received payments <br /> totaling $13,801.03 in mileage and hotel/lodging expense reimbursements from BESE for <br /> expenses which were paid for by DPSS with the DPSS issued Fuelman card and Chase business <br /> card. <br /> 6. <br /> Mr. Lee did not provide DPSS any reimbursements received from BESE for charges he <br /> made to the DPSS issued Fuelman card or the Chase business card. <br /> 7. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111A prohibits a public servant from receiving anything of economic value <br /> for the performance of his job duties other than the compensation and benefits from the <br /> governmental entity to which he is duly entitled. <br /> 8. <br /> Based on the foregoing facts, Walter C. Lee violated La. R.S. 42:1111(A)(1) by virtue of <br /> his receipt of reimbursements for travel expenses that were paid for with DPSS issued Fuelman <br /> card and Chase business card from BESE. <br /> 9. <br /> On January 22, 2010, Mr. Lee, acting on behalf of DPSS, entered into a three-year lease <br /> for a 2010 Chevrolet Traverse with Mansfield Auto World. <br /> 10. <br /> On November 30, 2011, Mr. Lee, acting on behalf of DPSS and without formal DeSoto <br /> Parish School Board approval, terminated the three-year lease for the 2010 Chevrolet Traverse <br /> fourteen months early causing DPSS to pay a$10,653.50 early termination fee. <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br />
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