| Advisory Opinion regarding LaSandra Darensbourg Gordon, a St. Charles Parish Council member, serving on board of local non-profit organization. |
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LaSandra Darensbourg Gordon currently serves as a Council member from District 1 on the St. Charles Parish Council.St. Charles Care Center (the "Care Center") is a non-profit organization which seeks to to identify and address the mental and behavioral health needs of children and families in St. Charles Parish through evidence-based screenings, restorative interventions, and referrals to services.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(3) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any person of which he is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee has a substantial economic interest.
La. R.S. 42:1102(15) defines "participate" to mean to take part in or to have responsibility for action of a governmental entity or proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty.
La. R.S. 42:1120 states that if any elected official, in the discharge of a duty or responsibility of his office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote would be a violation of R.S. 42:1112, he shall recuse himself from voting. An elected official who recuses himself from voting pursuant to this Section shall not be prohibited from participating in discussion and debate concerning the matter, provided that he makes the disclosure of his conflict or potential conflict a part of the record of his agency prior to his participation in the discussion or debate and prior to the vote that is the subject of discussion or debate.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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