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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-239 <br /> Page 5 of 8 <br /> (23) defines "transaction involving the governmental entity" to mean any <br /> proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, <br /> contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or <br /> former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know: <br /> (a)is,or will be,the subject of action by the governmental entity(b)is one to which <br /> the governmental entity is or will be a party (c) is one in which the governmental <br /> entity has a direct interest. A transaction involving the agency of a governmental <br /> entity shall have the same meaning with respect to the agency. <br /> 3. <br /> The following provisions proscribe the penalties the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may assess <br /> if the Ethics Adjudicatory Board determines a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics has <br /> occurred: <br /> §1153. Penalties <br /> A. Upon a determination that any elected official or other person has violated any <br /> provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations <br /> of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of <br /> Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board <br /> may censure the elected official or person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br /> thousand dollars, or both. <br /> B. Upon a determination that any public employee or other person has violated <br /> any provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except <br /> violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by <br /> Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics <br /> Adjudicatory Board may remove, suspend,or order a reduction in pay,or demotion <br /> of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br /> thousand dollars, or both. <br /> V. <br /> OPINION: <br /> It is the opinion of the BOE that Carlee White Gonzales, in her capacity as Council <br /> Member,District 2,City of Hammond,Tangipahoa Parish,violated Section 1112B(1)of the Ethics <br /> Code by virtue of voting to renew the alcohol permit for Block 49 and executing the corresponding <br /> resolutions while her husband owned an interest in Block 49. Section 1112B(1)of the Ethics Code <br />