| Advisory opinion request regarding whether the members of the Audubon Regional Library Board are required to file annual personal financial disclosure statements pursuant to R.S. 42:1124.2.1. |
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The Audubon Regional Library Board was created by East Feliciana Parish and St. Helena Parish. The Audubon Regional Library Board has the authority to expend, disburse or invest $10,000 or more in funds in a fiscal year.
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La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1 requires financial disclosure for each member and designee of a board or commission which has the authority to expend, disburse or invest $10,000 or more of funds in a fiscal year on or before May 15th of each year during which the person holds office and the year following termination of the holding of such office.
La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1(D)(1)(a) defines a board or commission as (i) each board, commission, and like entity created by law or executive order that is made a part of the executive branch of state government by the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or that is placed in an executive branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or executive order, or that exercises any authority or performs any function of the executive branch of state government; (ii) each board, commission, and like entity created by the constitution, by law, by a political subdivision, except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, or jointly by two or more political subdivisions as a governing authority of a political subdivision of the state or of a local government.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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