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Docket No. 13-664
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion request regarding whether a retail store owned by Teresa Hibbets can conduct business with certain Ouachita Parish schools in which she is employed.
Facts:
Teresa Hibbets owns The Chalk Board & Gifts, an educational supplier and retail store in West Monroe, Louisiana. She is an itinerate teacher that works in two schools in Ouachita Parish, Woodlawn Elementary and Pinecrest. She works at each school for half a day and has no power to grant raises, favors, or give benefits to the teachers at these two schools. The Chalk Board & Gifts is the only store of its kind in the area.
Law:
Section 1113A(1)(a) of the Code prohibits public servants, their immediate family members, or legal entities in which they have a controlling interest, from entering into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant.
Recommendations:
Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
Assigned Attorney: Jennifer Land
 
 
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2013-664- Advisory Opinion Request