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