| Advisory opinion regarding whether Julien Engineering & Consulting, Inc., a company owned by Kerwin Julien, Sr., and his wife, may pursue engineering work with the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority while Mr. Julien serves as a member of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West. |
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Kerwin Julien, Sr., is a member of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West has jurisdiction over the West Jefferson Levee District and the Algiers Levee District.
Mr. Julien and his wife own Julien Engineering & Consulting, Inc. The company would like to pursue engineering work with the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority. The Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority is under the purview of the Orleans Levee District; and, manages, controls, operates, and maintains any non-flood protection facility or improvement asset or function within a levee district within the jurisdiction of a flood protection authority.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West is not related to nor has any dealings with the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority.
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La. R.S. 42:1113B prohibits an appointed member of a board or commission, his immediate family member, or a legal entity in which they have a substantial economic interest, from entering into or being in any way interested in a transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the board or commission.
La. R.S. 42:1114.3B provides that each elected official, each appointed state official, and each immediate family member of an official subject to this Subsection or Subsection A of this Section who derives, either directly or through a legal entity in which such official or immediate family member owns ten percent or more, any thing of economic value through any contract which is related to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency and which the official or immediate family member knows or should reasonably should know is or may be funded or reimbursed in whole or in part with federal funds shall disclose the information required by this Section.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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