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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-876 Page 5 of 8 No public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of this Part. V. OPINION: It is the opinion of the BOE that State Line violated Section 1117 of the Ethics Code by virtue of providing a thing of economic value to Justin Childress, a board member of the District, for services rendered to State Line while State Line was seeking and had a business relationship with the District. Mr. Childress was an employee of State Line and received regular payroll compensation from State Line for services as an employee during the time in which State Line and the District were negotiating and consummating a sale of property from State Line to the District. If this matter proceeded to a public hearing before the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, and the Ethics Adjudicatory Board found a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board could impose a fine of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Code. In this particular situation, it is the conclusion of the BOE that the interest of the public would be served by, and the parties have agreed to resolving this matter amicably through the publication of this Consent Opinion with the imposition of a$500 civil penalty against State Line.