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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> w OF.LDUl�! DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> * „ " BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °ororioeNc� (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> Decernber 9, 2025 <br /> ✓Iichael Cassidy <br /> 33t" Judicial District <br /> P.(.). 13'ox 290 <br /> Ca:rit-1-on, Louisiana 70631 <br /> Ite: Docket No. 2025-689 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> 1)eF. :,vlr. Cas,;idy: <br /> 7'h Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its December 5,2025 meeting,considered your advisory opinion <br /> rc:que,st, on behalf of the Cameron Parish School Board ("CPSB"), as to whether the Code of <br /> 0ove:rnmental Ethics (the "Code") prohibits companies owned by family members of CPSB <br /> til nployees from contracting with CPSB. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Tars Duhon. is an employee of CPSB, serving as a bus driver for Grand Lake. Her husband, <br /> Christopher Duhon, is the owner of Duhon Dirt Service, LLC ("Duhon Dirt"). <br /> 1'ara Cox is an employee of CPSB, serving as a teacher at Grand Lake Elementary. She and her <br /> 1,ius-)a ld, 'Phomas Cox, are the owners of Southwest Generator Sales and Service, L.L.C. <br /> ("Souffiwest:"). <br /> Each of Dulron Dirt and Southwest would like to contract with CPS13 to provide services. CPSB <br /> notes that as a parish with approximately 5,000 residents; there are limited numbers of certain <br /> Sca•N'i(.--,e providers and that contracting with vendors outside Cameron Parish results in higher costs. <br /> You would like to know whether Duhon Dirt and Southwest can contract with CPSB while Ms. <br /> l)ulican and N1.3. Cox remain employees of CPSB. <br /> LAW <br /> Lat. R-S. 42:1:11.3A states no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> f�,.nnily,or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> sub,-,ontrac.t or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such <br /> r.�ubli:: servant. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-689) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />