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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOG°�9 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> a P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> (225)219-5600 <br /> •••«o»•' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> June 10, 2024 <br /> Christopher Guilbeaux <br /> 1574 Anse Broussard Hwy <br /> Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 70517 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-048 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Guilbeaux, <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on June 7, 2024, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits you to serve as the <br /> Executive Director of Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association ("LEPA") following your <br /> retirement from the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness ("GOHSEP"). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You recently served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Emergency Management for GOHSEP <br /> until your retirement on January 20, 2023. <br /> You are currently the owner and CEO of a small business consulting business, DECON <br /> SOLUTIONS, INC. You are also conducting paid consulting and business development for Hunt, <br /> Guillot, and Associates ("HGA") for a set monthly fee. <br /> You also serve as the Executive Director of LEPA, a private non-profit organization. The position <br /> is currently non-paid. However, there may be potential funding and a monthly consulting fee to <br /> conduct the executive director function for the association. <br /> You ask whether you are allowed to serve as and receive compensation as Executive Director of <br /> LEPA while remaining as a consultant for HGA as well as potentially other private companies. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121A(1)No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public <br /> official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an <br /> appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a <br /> contractual basis to or for such agency. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, <br /> commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2024-048) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />