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(8) <br />“Elected official" meansany person holding an office in a governmental entity <br />which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include any <br />person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices. <br />(10) <br />"Governing authority" means the body which exercises the legislative <br />functions of a political subdivision. <br />(11) <br />“Governmental entity" meansthe state or any political subdivision which <br />employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which <br />the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br />(15) <br />"Person" means an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, <br />or an agency thereof. <br />(16) <br />“Political subdivision” means any unit of local government, including a special <br />district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. <br />(18) <br />“Publicservant” means a public employee or elected official. <br />(23) <br />"Service" means the performance of work, duties, or responsibilities, or the <br />leasing, rental, or sale of movable or immovable property. <br />(25)(a) <br />"Thing of economic value" means money or any other thing having <br />economic value. <br />17. <br />La. R.S. 42:1153A <br />provides the following with respect to penalties: <br />Upon a determination that any elected official or other person has violated any <br />provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations <br />of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of <br />Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board <br />may censure the elected official or person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br />thousand dollars, or both. <br />18. <br />La. R.S. 42:1155A <br />provides the following with respect to ill-gotten gains: <br />If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public servant <br />or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics <br />to his economic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, the <br />Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may <br />include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not <br />to exceed one half of the amount of the economic advantage. <br />Page 5of 6(Agency Tracking No. 2025-590) <br /> <br />