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STATE Or LOUISIANA <br /> �V11,7 +,/ DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ;,'" COMMISSION ON ETHICS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEFn <br /> • "" BOARD OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS <br /> THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE <br /> ,,,�„ 7434 PERKINS ROAD -SUITE 8 <br /> BATON ROUGE. LA 70808 -4379 <br /> (504) 765-2308 <br /> October 11, 1995 <br /> The Honorable Alvin Turner, Jr. <br /> Judge, Division E <br /> Twenty -Third Judicial District <br /> P. O. Box 107 <br /> Convent, LA 70723 <br /> RE: Ethics Board Docket No. 95 -144 <br /> Dear Judge Turner: <br /> At its September 14, 1995 meeting, the Board of Ethics for Elected <br /> Officials, acting as the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance <br /> Disclosure, considered your request for an advisory opinion <br /> concerning the propriety of you using campaign funds to purchase <br /> football tickets to the Bayou Classic for constituents in your <br /> judicial district. The Board instructed me to inform you that the <br /> • controlling section of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act is R.S. <br /> 18:1505.2I. <br /> That Section prohibits the use of campaign funds for any personal <br /> use unrelated to a campaign or the holding of public office. The <br /> Board therefore concluded that if your purchase' of these tickets <br /> to give to your constituents is related to your campaign or your <br /> office, then the purchase of the tickets with campaign funds would <br /> not be prohibited. However, the Board noted That without more <br /> specific facts concerning the reason for yon purchasing the <br /> tickets' it could not issue a definitive opinion as to your <br /> question. <br /> If you have any other questions, please call me :1L: (504) 765 -2308. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> BOARD OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS <br /> ?(-6 <br /> Mari LeBlanc McCrory <br /> For he Board <br /> II I SC:mlm <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />