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of LOU STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cONFiDENof (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> May 7, 2024 <br /> Travis Byland <br /> 1505 Bayou Paul Lane <br /> St. Gabriel, Louisiana 70776 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-164 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Byland: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on May 3, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits you to <br /> provide engineering services to the Louisana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority <br /> ("CPRA") after your retirement from CPRA. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You were previously employed as an Engineer 6 Supervisor/ Project Manager within the Project <br /> Management Division until your retirement in September of 2023. Your direct supervisor was <br /> James McMenis. You were responsible for the maintenance of budgets and schedules, <br /> development of project scope, review of design submittals, stakeholder coordination and <br /> consultation, and other similar project-specific tasks. During your last two years at CPRA, you <br /> worked on the following projects: <br /> • River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp (PO-0029) <br /> • West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (PO-0062) <br /> • Grand Isle State Park Improvements (BA-0214) <br /> • Grand Isle and Vicinity(BA-0210) <br /> In September of 2023, you became employed by GIS Engineering, LLC ("GISE"), a consulting <br /> firm that provides transportation, marine, environmental, survey, and construction engineering <br /> services. On February 28,2024, GISE was selected by CPRA to provide Engineering Services for <br /> the Grand Isle and Vicinity—Island Length Breakwaters and Long-Term Sustainability Analysis <br /> Project(BA-0277). You were not involved in BA-0277 during your employment at CPRA. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B(1): No former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public employment, assist another person,for compensation, in a transaction, or <br /> in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee <br /> participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2024-164) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />