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shall mean the governmental entity.Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) defines"public employee"to mean any person,whether compensated or not who is: (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office; (ii) appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency,or as an employee thereof, (iii) engaged in the performance of a governmental function; (iv) under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:1102(19) defines"public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. ANALYSIS As an employee of Local Government Assistance, you were a"public employee" pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(18), and a "public servant" pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(19). Local Government Assistance is your"agency"pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi). La. R.S. 42:1121B prohibits public employees, for a period of two years, from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction in which such former public employee participated. Accordingly, for two years following your retirement from Local Government Assistance, you would be prohibited from assisting a person in a transaction with Local Government Assistance in which you participated while employed with Local Government Assistance. However, this provision does not prohibit you from assisting an engineering consultant firm with new grant applications that you did not participate in while you were a public servant. CONCLUSION The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the Code does not prohibit you from providing engineering consultant services on new grant applications within two years of the termination of your employment with OCD. Changes to the facts as presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other than the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act,the Lobbyist Disclosure Acts,and the conflict of interest provisions contained in the Louisiana Gaming Control Law. If you have any questions,please contact me at(800) 842-6630 or(225) 219-5600. Sincerely, LOUI IANA BOARD OF ETHICS I 1 -I it Suzanne Q. Mooney For the Board Page 2 of 2 (BD 2025-657)