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11/13/2024 8:37:24 AM
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2023-346
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2023-346
Parties Involved
Darren Bennett
Bennett's Towing & Recovery, Inc.
Melba Bennett
Agency at Issue
Tangipahoa Parish School Board (TPSB)
TPSB Transportation Department
Decision Date
11/8/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a)
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A consent opinion that Darren Bennett and Bennett's Towing & Recovery, Inc. violated La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) by entering into forty transactions with his wife’s agency, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board Transportation Department.
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Ethics Board Docket No. 2023-346 <br /> Page 3 of 8 <br /> Secretary/Treasurer and holds a 24%ownership interest. <br /> 4. <br /> Bennet's Towing & Recovery, Inc. has provided services to the public for decades. <br /> Bennett's Towing&Recovery,Inc. has provided services to TPSB Transportation Department on <br /> school buses since at least 2019. <br /> 5. <br /> From July 16, 2020,until February 24, 2023, Bennett's Towing&Recovery, Inc. entered <br /> into forty (40) transactions for services to the TPSB Transportation Department, for which it <br /> received payments totaling$30,282.50 from TPSB. The TPSB again contacted Bennet's Towing <br /> and Recovery, Inc. in the spring of 2024 to tow school buses. The TPSB still has an outstanding <br /> balance of$5,760.00 owed to Bennett's Towing&Recovery,Inc. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 7. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113(A)(1)(a): No public servant ... or member of such a public servant's <br /> immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into <br /> any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the <br /> agency of such public servant. <br /> 8. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following definitions: <br />
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