| Request for an advisory opinion from Pamela Verrett, a teacher in Terrebonne Parish (pop.111,860), who would like to sell LegalShield services and teach children in China online. |
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Pamela Verrett is a 6th Grade teacher at Southdown Elementary in Terrebonne Parish. Ms. Verrett would like to supplement her income by selling LegalShield services. LegalShield is a corporation that sells legal service products through multi-level marketing. Additionally, Ms. Verrett would like to work for VIPKid, a website that pays ESL teachers to teach children in China through video calls.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(1)(a) prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value for any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) prohibits a public servant and a legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, from receiving any thing of economic value for services rendered from a person who has a substantial economic interest which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty. has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion draft.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Greg Thibodeaux |
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