| Advisory opinion request by Brian Frazier, District Attorney for the 37th Judicial District Court, regarding whether a person may serve as a commissioner on the Caldwell Parish Recreational District (District) and President of CPDY while CPDY has a verbal agreement with the District. |
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La. R.S. 42:1112(A) provides that no public servant shall participate in a transaction in which he has a personal substantial economic interest of which he may be reasonably expected to know involving the governmental entity.
La. R.S. 42:1112B provides that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest: (1) Any member of his immediate family; (2) Any person in which he has a substantial economic interest of which he may reasonably be expected to know; (3) Any person of which he is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee; (4) Any person with whom he is negotiating or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment; (5) Any person who is a party to an existing contract with such public servant, or with any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, or who owes any thing of economic value to such public servant, or to any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, and who by reason thereof is in a position to affect directly the economic interests of such public servant.
La. R.S. 42:1113B provides that other than a legislator, no appointed member of any board or commission, member of his immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a substantial economic interest shall bid on or enter into or be in any way interested in any contract, subcontract, or other transaction which is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such appointed member.
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Decline to render an opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Brett Robinson |
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