| Advisory opinion regarding the son of Jim Pearce, a member of the Ruston Board of Aldermen, working for a company that has or is seeking to have a contractual, financial, or business relationship with the City of Ruston. |
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Jim Pearce is a member of the City of Ruston Board of Aldermen. His son is moving back to the area and he is seeking employment with a local engineering firm that has had contracts with the City of Ruston every year. His son is not an owner of the engineering firm. His son would not work on any contract with the City of Ruston.
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La. R.S. 42:1113A states no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate family, or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant.
La. R.S. 42:1112B(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.
La. R.S. 42:1114 provides that each public servant and each member of his immediate family who derives anything of economic value, directly, through any transaction involving the agency of such public servant or who derives any thing of economic value of which he may be reasonably expected to know through a person which (1) is regulated by the agency of such public servant, or (2) has bid on or entered into or is in any way financially interested in any contract, subcontract, or any transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant shall disclose certain information as set forth in Section 1114.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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