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Docket No. 13-1680
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion request from Kenneth Guidry regarding whether he is prohibited from serving as the District #2 Councilman for Rayne, Louisiana while his son is employed by the Rayne Police Department.
Facts:
Advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of would prohibit Mr. Kenneth Guidry from serving as the District #2 Councilman for Rayne, Louisiana while his son, Travis Guidry is employed by the Rayne Police Department. He would like to participate in the November 2014 election for Rayne Councilman. He has stated that his son Travis Guidry has been employed for over three years by the Rayne Police Department.
Law:
La. R.S. 42:1119B.(1) provides that no member of the immediate family of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental entity.

La. R.S. 42:1119C.(2) which provides for the continued employment of the immediate family member where the immediate family member becomes the agency head of such public employee's agency, provided that such public employee has been employed in the agency for a period of at least one year prior to the member of the public employees immediate family member becoming the agency head.


Recommendations:
Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
Assigned Attorney: Suzanne Mooney
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2013-1680.draft opinion
2013-1680: Advisory Opinion Request