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You have submitted a grant application, on behalf of Deep South,to LEPRB requesting$6,000.00 in funds in order to improve the equipment used to host shows and to afford more and higher quality awards given during competitions that Deep South hosts. Additionally, these funds would allow Deep South to provide an increased amount of scholarships they award to other members. You would like to know whether it is permissible for Deep South to accept a grant provided by LEPRB while you are employed at the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. LAW La. R.S. 42:1102(16) defines "person" to mean an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof. La.R.S. 42:1102(18)(a)defines"public employee"to mean anyone,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" means a public employee or an elected official. La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of the public servant"and"his agency"when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shall mean for public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government,the office in which such public servant carries out his primary responsibilities. La. R.S. 42:1111E(1) provides that no public servant, and no legal entity of which such public servant is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, or in which such public servant has a substantial economic interest, shall receive or agree to receive any thing of economic value for assisting a person in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, with the agency of such public servant. La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) states that no public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member of any board of commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family,or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. Page 2 of 3 (BD 2025-700)