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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> A <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cOrorioeNc�'. (225)219-5600 <br /> '••«o»••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> December 8, 2025 <br /> Stacie Massey <br /> 11376 River Highlands Dr. <br /> Saint Amant, Louisiana 70774 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-640 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Massey: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics ("Board"), at its meeting on December 5, 2025, considered your <br /> request for an advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits you <br /> from accepting outside employment with Theophilus Oil, Gas & Land Service LLC to research <br /> royalty payments while you are employed at the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural <br /> Resources (DENR) as a Mineral Production Manager. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed as a Mineral Production Manager. Your public duties are to audit <br /> output volume, and you do not handle any royalties, or financial data. You stated that you have <br /> outside employment with Theophilus Oil, Gas& Land Service, LLC. Your duties include courrier <br /> and GIS analyst services,neither of them are part of your public job duties as a Mineral Production <br /> Manager. You want to know if you can do research for Theophilus Oil, Gas & Land Service in <br /> your free time, including researching royalty payments on www.sonris.com. This information is <br /> available to the public on DENR's website. You will work for them during your normal work <br /> hours. Further, you provided that your section,the Mineral Production Section, does not maintain <br /> the database. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(1)(a)prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value <br /> for any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, <br /> programs, or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has <br /> participated or(b) Draws substantially upon official data or ideas which have not become part of <br /> the body of public information.. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, <br /> commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of <br /> the public servant"and"his agency"when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shall <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-640) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />