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Docket No. 15-885
 
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RE:
Consent opinion concerning Project Celebration regarding payments it made to employees of Northwestern State University that they were not entitled to receive.
Facts:
Project Celebration, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Many, Louisiana. The organization offers community programs such as a child advocacy center, a domestic violence shelter, and behavioral health services.

Project Celebration, Inc. violated La. R.S. 42:1117 by paying money to Daphne Levenson, Pauline Snell, Rebecca Murley, Leora Thomas, and Victoria Simmons to which they were not duly entitled to receive for services performed on behalf of Gulf States based upon invoices submitted by Daphne Levenson, Pauline Snell, Rebecca Murley, Leora Thomas, and Victoria Simmons.

Law:
La. R.S. 42:1117 provides that no public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
Recommendations:
Adopt and publish the consent opinion and dismiss charges.


Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
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