| Advisory opinion request regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit Michael Sanders, the son of the Chairman of the Board for Fire District 1 in Natchitoches Parish, from being promoted to Fire Chief. |
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Ricky Sanders has been the Chairman of the Board for District 1 for over a year. The Fire Chief recently quit and District 1 would like to promote his son, Michael Sanders, to the position. Michael Sanders has volunteered as a firefighter for District 1 for approximately 20 years and has served as Assistant Fire Chief the last eight months. All positions with District 1, including Fire Chief, are strictly volunteer with no compensation received.
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La. R.S. 42:1119B provides that 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. 42:1119C(6) provides a limited exception to La. R.S. 42:1119 and allows the employment of a volunteer firefighter and any decision regarding the employment of a volunteer firefighter by an agency head, a chief executive of a governmental entity, or a member of a governing authority.
La. R.S. 42:1112B(1)
provides 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.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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