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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 />