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2023-1004
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2023-1004
Requesting Party
Harry Vorhoff
Agency at Issue
Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
Decision Date
1/5/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1121B
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Harry Vorhoff, for a period of two years following the termination of his employment with the Governor's Office of Coastal Activities, from assisting persons in transactions involving the State if he participated in those transactions while employed by the State, and from rendering the same services back to the Governor's Office of Coastal Activities through a contractual relationship.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF Lo DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> w oN �stf'rl <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> 'coNF nc^�c (225)219-5600 <br /> ..,.. FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> January 9, 2024 <br /> Harry J. Vorhoff <br /> 21 Swan Street <br /> New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-1004 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Vorhoff: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on January 5, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to the application of the post-employment restrictions of the Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics ("Code") following your resignation from the Governor's Office of Coastal <br /> Activities. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are employed as Deputy Director in the Governor's Office of Coastal Activities. In that <br /> capacity, you served as the designated chair of the Governor's Climate Initiatives Task Force, <br /> which approved the State's Climate Action Plan in January 2022, which contains a set of <br /> recommendations to place Louisiana on a path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 20250. <br /> One of the actions in the plan is to strategically plan for the development of offshore wind. To <br /> achieve this, one of the strategies is to align climate action approaches across state government <br /> and to ensure Louisiana is prepared to maximize potential federal funding opportunities. As part <br /> of the plan, you lead interagency coordination as well as coordinate with non-state entities and <br /> partners. Your resignation will be effective on January 5, 2024 coinciding with the conclusion of <br /> Governor Edwards's term in office. You ask whether the post-employment restrictions are <br /> applicable in three situations. <br /> POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121(B): No former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public employment, assist another person,for compensation, in a transaction, or <br /> in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee <br /> participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by <br /> which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of his public <br /> employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency <br /> during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the <br /> contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. <br /> Page 1 of 4 (BD 2023-1004) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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