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IV* <br /> PROVISIONS OF LA's. <br /> Iia* R.S. 4 +1111(A)(1)(a) provides that no public servant shall receive anything of <br /> economic value, other than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he <br /> W <br /> s duly entitled, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. <br /> La* R.S. 42:1102 provides the following relevant definitions when analyzing the above <br /> Sections: <br /> (12) defines "governmental entity" to mean the state or any political subdivision <br /> which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or <br /> to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> (18)(a) defines a "public employee" to mean anyone, whether compensated or <br /> not, who is: (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who <br /> is not filling an elective office; (11) .Appointed by any elected official when actin <br /> in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the <br /> appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a <br /> member of an agency, or as an employee thereof; (iii)Engaged in the performance <br /> of a govemmental function;or iv)Under the supervision or authority of an elected <br /> official or another employee of the governmental entity. <br /> (1-9) defines `public servant" to mean a public employee or elected official. <br /> Louisiana. Constitution Article VII, Section 14(A) prohibits the expenditure of public funds as <br /> bonus compensation payments to state employees. S ce Attorney General Opinion 10-02 99,i ssued <br /> March 28, 2011; Varnado v. Hospital Service District No. 1, -046 La. App. 1 Cir. 4/7/99), <br /> 730 S o. 2 d 1066, 1068; State v. Davis, 539 S o. 2d 8 03, 810 (La. App. Cir, 3, 1989), writ denied. <br /> Page 3 of <br />