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Ethics Board Docket No. 2024-188 Page 5 of10 3. The following terms are defined in Section 1102 of the Code and are relevant when analyzing the above Sections: * * * (2)(a)(vi) defines "agency," for public servants of political subdivisions, it shall mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it 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. (9) defines "elected official" to mean any person holding an office in a governmental entity which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices (12) defines "governmental entity" to mean the state or any political subdivision which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. (15) defines "participate" to mean to take part in or to have or share responsibility for action of a governmental entity or a proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty. (19) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. (21) defines "substantial economic interest"to mean an economic interest which is of greater benefit to the public servant or other person than to a general class or group of persons. (22)(a)defines"thing of economic value"to mean money or any other thing having economic value except promotional items having no substantial resale value.