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official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in aii appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a contractual basis to or for such agency. La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the govenunental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract,to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. (i) For public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office in which such public servant carries out his primary responsibilities; except that in the case of the secretary, deputy secretary, or undersecretary of any such department and officials carrying out the responsibilities of such department officers it shall mean the department in which he serves; and except that in the case of public servants who are members or employees of a board or commission or who provide staff assistance to a board or commission, it shall mean the board or coinmission. La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency. La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a). "Public employee" means anyone, whether compensated or not, who is: (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office. (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governinental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof. (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:1102(19). "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. La. R.S. 42:1102(23). "Transaction involving the governmental entity" means any proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claiin, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know: (a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity. Page 2 of 3 (BD 2024969)