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7/12/2022 12:48:32 PM
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2022-378
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2022-378
Requesting Party
Kara St. Cyr
Parties Involved
Kara St. Cyr
64 Parishes
Agency at Issue
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Decision Date
7/8/2022
Law
1111C(1)(a)
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Advisory opinion that the Code of Ethics would prohibit an employee of the Louisiana Public Broadcasting from receiving compensation for an article that was substantially related to her job duties and in which she participated.
Ethics Subject Matters
Payment from Third Parties
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �p LOp DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> aw oN �STcsr9 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °�NfIDENG� (225)219-5600 <br /> '••.w.••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> July 12, 2022 <br /> Ms. Kara St. Cyr <br /> Louisiana Public Broadcasting <br /> 7733 Perkins Rd <br /> Baton Rouge, LA 70810 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2022-378 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. St. Cyr: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on July 8, 2022, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit you <br /> from accepting compensation from 64 Parishes, a Louisiana magazine,for writing an article while <br /> employed with Louisiana Public Broadcasting. (LPB). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that you contracted to write an article for 64 Parishes, a Louisiana magazine produced <br /> by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a registered private non-profit. The article <br /> summarized your experience as a journalist writing and recording LPB's digital-first series Safe <br /> Haven: Louisiana's Green Book. You did not use any proprietary information from your work <br /> with Safe Haven: Louisiana's Green Book. However, you summarized the content from Safe <br /> Haven: Louisiana's Green Book. You are currently employed with LBP to anchor and produce <br /> Louisiana's The State We're In, a state wide news broadcast that airs weekly on LPB. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(1)(a) prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value <br /> for any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, <br /> programs, or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has <br /> participated. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(19)defines"public servant"to mean a public employee or an elected official. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a) defines "agency" as it relates to a public servant, to mean a department, <br /> office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unity of a <br /> governmental entity. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2022-378) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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