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Agenda Item
Docket No. 12-105
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion regarding whether members of the Ward Seven Fire Protection District of Bienville Parish may serve in paying positions within the Fire District and whether the immediate family of Board members may serve as volunteer firefighters, station captains, or first responders for the District.
Facts:
Rose Jackson is a member of the Ward Seven Fire Protection District of Bienville Parish. Ms. Jackson would like to know whether members of the Fire District Board may provide compensated services to the Fire District and whether immediate family members of the members of the Fire District may serve as volunteer firefighters, station captains, and first responders.
Law:
Section 1113B of the Code prohibits a member of a board or commission or member of his immediate family from entering into or being in anyway interested in a transaction that is under the supervision of the agency of the public servant.

Section 1123(35) of the Code allows a volunteer fireman to enter into transactions under the supervision of his agency provided that the volunteer fireman receives no compensation or thing of economic value for his service as a volunteer fireman and is not an agency head and the volunteer fireman is prohibited from participating on behalf of his agency in any capacity regarding the transaction.

Recommendations:
Decline to render the opinion.

Assigned Attorney: Aneatra Boykin
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2012-105- Advisory Opinion Request