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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �oF LOOr�f DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ����. , �,,°�9,y LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> � ,,.,��� , <br /> * /;,;--� \ * P.O:BOX 4368 <br /> �„ BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> `�NFioENc� (225)219-5600 <br /> �•-«o.•••• FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> December 8, 2025 <br /> Jennifer P. Lovett <br /> 8804 Wesley Street <br /> Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-688 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Lovett: <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 ("Code") <br /> prohibits your appointment to the Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 5 Board while your <br /> son is a part-time employee of Fire District 5. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You l�ave recently been contacted by your Livingston Parish Councilperson with a nomination to <br /> serve as an appointed memver of the Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 5 Board of <br /> Commissioners ("Fire District Board"). <br /> Yotu son, Brandon Lovett, has been employed as a full-time firefighter with Livingston Parish <br /> Fire Protection District 5 ("Fire District") since December 2021. On July 25, 2025, your son <br /> transitioned from fiill-time to part-time employment with the Fire District, and now he only works <br /> when he places himself on the roster. In the three months since your son has been employed on a <br /> part-time basis with the Fire District, he has worked a total of three days. He is paid as a W-2 <br /> employee, but only for the hours he works, and he is not reimbursed for any expenses he incurs. <br /> He is also employed by the Baton Rouge Fire Department. <br /> You ask whether your appointment to the Fire District Board, while your son is a part-time <br /> employee of the Fire District, would violate any nepotism laws under the Code. <br /> La►w <br /> La. R.S. 42:1ll9A provides that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be <br /> employed in his agency. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119B(1) provides that no member of the immediate family of a member of a <br /> governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the <br /> governmental entity. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-688) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUN/TY EMPLOYER <br />