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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> 4,1:5'7' 13...N <br /> ��� 13.. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> 0 of ' <br /> ,.y- LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> tco �u�;.,. iii P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> IIsZi.4%�� a BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> O rp,.s* %%%% (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.state.la.us <br /> September 25, 2012 <br /> Ms. Laura Adley, Secretary <br /> Bossier Parish Republican Executive Committee <br /> 3411 Pine Haven Circle <br /> Haughton, LA 71037 <br /> Re: Board Docket No. 2012-1461 <br /> Dear Ms. Adley: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its September 21,2012 meeting considered your advisory opinion <br /> request regarding whether the members of the Republican Parish Executive Committee of Bossier <br /> Parish are subject to the training requirement set out in La. R.S. 42:1170(3). According to your <br /> advisory opinion request members of your executive committee are elected every four years,during <br /> a general election or presidential primary. Such persons are elected as members of a recognized <br /> political party to represent the parish as the governing authority for such political party. The <br /> members of the executive committee are not employed by a governmental entity or a political <br /> subdivision, and are not compensated. <br /> The Committee is funded by qualifying fees paid by candidates running for state, local, and <br /> municipal offices. Such fees are regulated by La. R.S. 18:464 which provides the fees required by <br /> candidates to political party committees. The statute also states that each parish executive committee <br /> shall file a financial statement annually with the legislative auditor,and the financial statement must <br /> be in a form approved by the legislative auditor. <br /> At issue in this advisory opinion request is the definition of"public servant." "Public servant" is <br /> defined in La. R.S. 42:1102(19) as a public employee or an elected official. "Elected official" is <br /> defined by Section 1102(9) of the Code as any person holding an office in a governmental entity <br /> which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate and shall also include any person appointed <br /> to fill a vacancy in such offices. <br /> "Public employee,"according to Section 1102(18) means anyone,whether compensated or not,who <br /> is: <br /> (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not <br /> filling an elective office. <br /> (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity,and the <br /> appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the <br /> governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, <br /> or as an employee thereof. <br /> (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />