| A request for an advisory opinion, submitted by Dale L. Sibley, concerning whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits him from continuing his practice of law after he is sworn in as Caddo Parish's Registrar of Voters. |
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Mr. Sibley stated that he was recently appointed as Registrar of Voters for Caddo Parish. He is an attorney with a Shreveport law firm. Mr. Sibley inquired as to whether he is prohibited from practicing law after he is sworn in as Caddo Parish's Registrar of Voters.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency; conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency; or has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.
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Adopt the proposed opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
LaToya D. Jordan |
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