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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-701 <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> (11)defines"governing authority"to mean the body which exercises the legislative <br /> functions of a political subdivision. <br /> (12) defines "governmental entity" to mean the state or any political <br /> subdivision...to which the elected official is elected. <br /> (13)defines"immediate family"to mean,as the term relates to a public servant,his <br /> children, the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and <br /> their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse. <br /> (19) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. <br /> 11. <br /> The following provisions proscribe the penalties the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may assess <br /> if the Ethics Adjudicatory Board determines a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics has <br /> occurred: <br /> §1153. Penalties <br /> A. Upon a determination that any elected official or other person has violated any <br /> provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations <br /> of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of <br /> Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board <br /> may censure the elected official or person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br /> thousand dollars, or both. <br /> B. Upon a determination that any public employee or other person has violated <br /> any provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except <br /> violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by <br /> Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics <br /> Adjudicatory Board may remove, suspend, or order a reduction in pay,or demotion <br /> of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br /> thousand dollars, or both. <br /> §1155. Penalties for illegal gain; forfeiture of gifts, payments <br /> A. If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public <br /> servant or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of <br /> Ethics to his economic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, <br /> the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may <br /> include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not <br />