Louisiana Ethics Administration Program
Home
Charges Search
EAB Decisions Search
My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
2016-015
LAEthics
>
Opinions
>
SearchableOpinions
>
2016
>
2016-015
Metadata
Thumbnails
New Search
Entry Properties
Last modified
7/12/2021 11:17:04 AM
Creation date
3/24/2016 3:40:39 PM
Metadata
2016-015
Fields
Template:
Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2016-015
Requesting Party
Steve Billman
Parties Involved
St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1
Delgado Community College
Louisiana State University - Eunice
Decision Date
3/18/2016
Caption
Advisory opinion that there are no provisions within the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics which would prohibit an employee, or former employee of St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1, from serving as an instructor for a college class located on St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 premises, while off duty and being compensated by the college.
Ethics Subject Matters
Outside Employment
Payment from Third Parties
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
Page 1 of 1
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> d'" Loli' DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> **4' LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> ao,0 / (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.state.la.us <br /> March 21, 2016 <br /> Mr. Steve Billman <br /> Chief of Training and Safety <br /> St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 <br /> 1358 Corporate Square <br /> Slidell,LA 70458 <br /> Re: Board Docket No.2016-015 <br /> Dear Chief Billman: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its March 18, 2016 meeting, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics(Code)would prohibit St. <br /> Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 (District) from allowing Delgado Community College or <br /> Louisiana State University-Eunice to conduct college classes on site at the District and potentially <br /> utilize former and/or present District employees as instructors.You provided that the college would <br /> hire the instructors and the District would not have any participation in who the college selected. <br /> Further,you stated that the instructor would not enter into any transaction with the Fire District.You <br /> provided that if an employee of the District was selected by a college as an instructor, all courses <br /> would be scheduled while that employee is off duty or on leave from the District. Your concern is <br /> whether it would present a violation of the Code for an employee to use the District property to while <br /> preforming compensated services for another entity.You added that the classes would be open to all <br /> students who wish to enroll,not just employees of the District. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, under the facts presented, in <br /> particular because the District and the colleges are all public entities,there are no provisions in the <br /> Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics which would prohibit an employee or former employee from <br /> serving as an instructor for a college class located on the District premises.However,you should be <br /> advised that this opinion request may present an issue associated with the Louisiana Dual <br /> Office-Holding laws,which are under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts <br /> presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of Ethics. The Board <br /> issues no opinion as to past conduct or laws other than Code of Governmental Ethics. If you have <br /> any questions,please contact me at(225)219-5600 or(800) 842-6630. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Suzanne Quinlan Mooney <br /> For the Board <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.