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Ethics Board Docket Nos. 2023-398 <br /> Page 9 of 12 <br /> VI. <br /> ORDER: <br /> For the foregoing reasons: <br /> IT IS ORDERED that Michael Diaz, while serving as the Director of Technology for the <br /> Technology Department of the Tangipahoa Parish School System, violated La. R.S. 42:ll 19A by <br /> virtue of the employment of his son, Gabriel Diaz as a Computer Technician-1 with the Technology <br /> Department. <br /> IT IS ORDERED that Gabriel Diaz violated La.R.S.42:1119A by virtue of his employment <br /> as a Computer Technician-1 with the Technology Department while his father,Michael Diaz was the <br /> Director of Technology for the Technology Department of the Tangipahoa Parish School System. <br /> IT IS ORDERED that Michael Diaz, in his capacity as the Director of Technology for the � <br /> Technology Department of the Tangipahoa Parish School System,violated La.R.S.42:1112B(1)by <br /> participating in the approval process of his son's timesheets for payroll purposes. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a$7,500.00 civil penalty,payable to the Treasurer of the <br /> State of Louisiana, is hereby assessed upon Michael Diaz, and that in the event of a failure to pay, <br /> that suit may be filed to compel immediate payment of any balance due. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no civil penalty be assessed against Gabriel Diaz. <br />