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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> �woF• o�°�' LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> cONeiocNc� (225)219-5600 <br /> «o«•' <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> March 11, 2025 <br /> Jenny Welch <br /> 131 Pecan Dr. <br /> Cottonport, Louisiana 71327 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-007 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Welch: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 7, 2025 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether The Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code")prohibits your <br /> company Druco Lumber from selling to the Maintenance Division of the Avoyelles Parish <br /> School Board while you are employed in the Food Service Division of the Avoyelles Parish <br /> School Board. <br /> FACTS <br /> You currently serve as the fulltime Food Service Supervisor for Avoyelles Parish School Board. <br /> You and your husband just purchased Druco Lumber. Druco Lumber has consistently sold small <br /> items to the Maintenance Department of the Avoyelles Parish School Board. You provided that <br /> you do not have any supervision or control over the Maintenance Division of the Avoyelles <br /> Parish School Board. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a)prohibits public servants, their immediate family members, or legal <br /> entities in which they have a controlling interest, from entering into any contract, subcontract, or <br /> other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public <br /> servant. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a) defines "agency"to mean a department, office, division, agency, <br /> commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(8) defines "controlling interest" to mean any ownership in a legal entity held be <br /> or on behalf of an individual or a member of his immediate family, either individually or <br /> collectively, which exceeds twenty-five percent of that legal entity. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />