| Advisory opinion request regarding whether Melissa Arrigo may continue her employment with the Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD"), after marrying the son of Sherri H. LeBas, the Secretary of DOTD; and whether Ms. LeBas must disqualify herself from participating in any employment decisions regarding Ms. Arrigo. |
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Sherri LeBas has been appointed and serving as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) since February, 2010. Melissa Arrigo has been employed full time as an engineer intern with DOTD for over four years. On July 12, 2014, Melissa Arrigo married the son of Sherri LeBas.
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La. R.S. 42:1119A states that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency.
La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Haley Williams |
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