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Docket No. 12-1241
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion request as to whether, Debby Mayne, an employee of the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at University Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), may accept two airline tickets won at a luncheon and trade show hosted by the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission (LCVC).
Facts:
Ms. Mayne is the Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at ULL. She was recently invited to attend a luncheon and trade show paid for by the LCVC. The event was primarily to trade ideas with other local programs and the local industry to promote Lafayette and the State. Ms. Mayne states that she was invited because her agency and LCVC support one another in promoting the Lafayette area and the LCVC has an annual luncheon where employees from her office, other governmental agencies, and local businesses are invited. It is Ms. Mayne's understanding that everyone who participated or was invited was invited because they are all partners in promoting Lafayette and the region.

After the luncheon there was a drawing for prizes. One of the prizes were two airline tickets to anywhere in the United States (excluding Hawaii), the Caribbean, or Mexico. The prize was donated by United Airlines. According to Ms. Mayne's request, she did not register for this drawing, but rather it was a random drawing from the form on the back of the invitation to the luncheon. Anyone who attended the luncheon, whether they were public employees or from local businesses, were eligible to win the airline tickets.

Law:
Section 1111A(1) prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value for the performance of his job duties other than the compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled.

Recommendations:
Adopt proposed advisory opinion.

Assigned Attorney: Brent Durham
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2012-1241- Advisory Opinion Request
2012-1241(Follow-up E-mail)
2012-1241 (Mayne - Door Prize Airline Tickets) Amended (2)
2012-571: