| Advisory opinion request as to whether Jackson Parish Ambulance Service District may use the services of Smith's Body Shop & Wrecker Service. |
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Jackson Parish Ambulance Service District ("District") would like to use the services of Smith's Body Shop & Wrecker Service ("Smith's"). Wayne Smith, the sole owner of Smith's, is the father of Josh Smith, a part-time employee of the District. Josh Smith also works full-time at Smith's as its business coordinator. Josh Smith's wife, Jolynn Smith, is employed full time with the District. Smith's is the sole provider of wrecker services and auto body collision repair for the Parish of Jackson.
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La. R.S. 42:1113 prohibits public servants, their immediate family members, or legal entities in which they have a controlling interest, from entering into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant.
La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" to include a public servant's children, the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) prohibits a public servant from receiving compensation for services rendered to any person who has a business, contractual or financial relationship with the public servant's agency.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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