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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �F Lo DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> �t�,oc+• oSTc1} <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> " Y P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> ` * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> �rorioeN`� (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> April 9, 2024 <br /> Anthony Amoroso <br /> 12336 Lake Sherwood Ave S <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-946 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr.Amoroso: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on April 5 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code")permits you to <br /> work for the St. George Fire District while your mother serves as a member of the City of Baton <br /> Rouge/Parish East Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council ("Metro Council"). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are the son of Denise Amoroso, who is an elected member of the Metro Council for District <br /> 8. You are currently a paramedic and are interested in a job with the St. George Fire District,which <br /> is a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana and is governed by a Board of Commissioners. <br /> You ask whether your potential employment with the St. George Fire District would pose an issue <br /> under the Code. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119B(1) provides that no member of the immediate family of a member of a <br /> governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the <br /> governmental entity. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following definitions: <br /> (11) "Governing authority" means the body which exercises the legislative <br /> functions 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 /> (13) "Immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant to include his <br /> children. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2023-946) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />