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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF Lopr�f DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * ' BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> �onrioeNc� (225)219-5600 <br /> »wFAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> December 7, 2022 <br /> Tonya Landry <br /> c/o Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality <br /> PPSD <br /> P.O. Box 4313 <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2022-809 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Landry: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its December 2, 2022 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion, as to whether your father-in-law may contract with your agency. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") in <br /> the Office of Environmental Services ("OES"). Specifically, within OES, you are in the Public <br /> Participation and Permit Support Division("PPPSD"). PPPSD collects mail from a physical drop- <br /> box. This drop-box receives mail for the entirety of DEQ. DEQ would like to replace the drop- <br /> box, and your father-in-law, a woodworker, would like to contract with DEQ to build and provide <br /> a replacement drop-box. The requisition would be handled by the Office of Management and <br /> Finance ("OMF") within DEQ. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) defines"public employee"to mean any person, whether compensated or <br /> not who is: (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an <br /> elective office; (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 governmental entity or <br /> an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof-, (iii) engaged in the <br /> performance of a governmental function; (iv) under the supervision or authority of an elected <br /> official or another employee of the governmental entity. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(19) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant to mean <br /> his children,the spouses of his children,his brothers and their spouses,his sisters and their spouses, <br /> his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2022-809) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />