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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-346 <br /> Page 4 of 10 <br /> §1113. Prohibited contractual arrangements; exceptions; reports <br /> B. Other than a legislator, no appointed member of any board or commission, <br /> member of his immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a substantial <br /> economic interest shall bid on or enter into or be in any way interested in any <br /> contract, subcontract, or other transaction which is under the supervision or <br /> jurisdiction of the agency of such appointed member. <br /> 2. <br /> The following terms in La.R.S. 42:1102 of the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics are <br /> germane to analyzing the findings of fact and the applicable law. <br /> §1102. Definitions <br /> Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,the following words and terms,when used in <br /> this Chapter, shall have the following meanings: <br /> (2)(a)(i) "Agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, <br /> board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. (vi) For <br /> public servants of political subdivisions,it shall mean the agency in which the public <br /> servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the <br /> elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the <br /> governmental entity.Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall <br /> not be limited to,elected officials and public employees of municipalities,parishes, <br /> and other political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and <br /> their employees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their <br /> employees. <br /> (11) "Governing authority"means the body which exercises the legislative functions <br /> of a political subdivision. <br /> (12) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which <br /> employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which <br /> the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> (17) "Political subdivision" means any unit of local government,including a special <br /> district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. <br />