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2024-021
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2024-021
Requesting Party
Leon Spears
Parties Involved
Leon Spears
Agency at Issue
Louisiana Department of Health ("LDH")
LDH Office of Public Health ("OPH")
Decision Date
4/5/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a)
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d)
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Leon Spears from entering into any contract or transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Health's Office of Public Health and from receiving compensation from any company with a contractual or other business relationship with the Office of Public Health.
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Prohibited Contracts
Outside Employment
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OF Lo V STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �4 oN• �,Tls9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> ��NFIDEN�` (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> April 9, 2024 <br /> Leon Spears <br /> 13610 Edgar Street <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70807 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-021 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Spears: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on April 5, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits you to <br /> contract with Louisiana state agencies to provide First Aid and CPR training services. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are a Program Monitor within the Office of Public Health ("OPH") for the Louisiana <br /> Department of Health ("LDH"). Your primary job duty is emergency preparedness planning. <br /> You are also a 1099 American Heart Association and American Red Cross First <br /> Aid/CPR/BLS/AED instructor. You contract with companies who provide training to agencies of <br /> the State of Louisiana. <br /> You do not participate in negotiating the cost for the services provided to agencies of the State of <br /> Louisiana. You do not accept payments from the agencies. You receive compensation from the <br /> companies that have contracted with the agencies of the State of Louisiana. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) provides that no public servant, excluding any legislator and any <br /> appointed member of any board or commission and any member of a governing authority of a <br /> parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> family, or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such <br /> public servant. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d). No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant <br /> exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of <br /> economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered,to or for any person <br /> during his public service unless such services are: <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2024-021) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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