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Docket No. 19-262
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion regarding the continued employment of Chantell Vedros with Lafourche Parish Council on Aging if her aunt is appointed to the board.
Facts:
Florence Bradford has submitted an application to serve on the Lafourche Parish Council on Aging. Ms. Bradford's niece is employed by the Council.
Law:
La. R.S. 42:1119A states that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency.
La. R.S. 42:1119B provides no member of the immediate family of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental entity.

La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant to mean his 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.


Recommendations:
Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
Assigned Attorney: Tracy Barker
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2019-262 Draft Opinion
2019-262 Request for Opinion