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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �F.Lo DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> °9x LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> "v > P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> * u=•, t <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cOATIDENcc (225)219-5600 <br /> «o«••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> September 10, 2025 <br /> Misty Wallace Saunders <br /> 6211 Cherry Hill Avenue <br /> Shreveport, Louisiana 71107 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-449 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Saunders: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on September 5, 2025, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") prohibits you from <br /> selling snowballs to the public at Northwood High School while your mother serves as a <br /> bookkeeper for Northwood High School. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that your mother is employed in the Caddo Parish School System at Northwood High <br /> School as a bookkeeper. You have a business selling ice cream and snow cones. You want to know <br /> if you can sell ice cream and snow cones at Northwood High School to the public during freshman <br /> orientation and other similar events. <br /> You stated that Northwood High School allows any vendor to set up shop during certain events. <br /> You would not be required to sign anything with the High School. There would be no contracts or <br /> permits. You would be selling to the parents and the students of Northwood High School during <br /> the events. You would not be selling anything to the High School, and you would not be receiving <br /> any payment from the High School. <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 of 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. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi) defines "agency" for public servants of political subdivisions to mean <br /> the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority <br /> and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the <br /> governmental entity.Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be limited <br /> to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political <br /> subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and <br /> their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-449) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />