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Advisory opinion request regarding whether the post employment restrictions would prohibit Carl Noel Hunt, the former Director of the Office of Human Resources for the Louisiana House of Representatives, from obtaining employment as a lobbyist. |
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Carl Noel Hunt served as the Human Resource Director of the House from 1999 until April 30, 2013. As Human Resource Director he supervised the staff and provided Human Resource services to the staff and members of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Mr. Hunt's specific duties included the collection and maintenance of personnel records, benefits, management, establishing staff policies and procedures, training, and providing expertise in federal and state laws regarding employment issues.
While Mr. Hunt is the head of the Human Relations section of the House of Representative he is not an agency head for purposes of this opinion. The Board has held in opinion 2000-1004 that the general rule for post employment found in Section 1121B shall apply to the division head for House Legislative Services. The opinion finds that a division head within House Legislative Services is not an "agency head." Mr. Hunt has stated that he had no direct involvement with the legislative process.
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La. R.S. 42:1002(3) "agency head" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency who exercise supervision over the agency.
La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) No former agency head shall for a period of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency assist another person for compensation in a transaction or appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency. or render any service to such agency.
La. R.S. 42:1121B No former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of his public employment render any service which such former public employee rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis regardless of the parties to the contract to for or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Suzanne Mooney |
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