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participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed,or for a period of two years following termination of his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract,to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. La. R.S. 42:1102(4) defines "assist' to mean to act in such a way as to help, advise, furnish information to, or aid a person with the intent to assist such person. La. R.S. 42:1102(16) defines "person" to mean an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof. La. R.S. 42:1102(18) defines "public employee" to include any person who is engaged in the performance of a governmental entity or is under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i) defines "agency" for public servants in one of the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government to be the office in which such public servant carries out her primary responsibilities. La. R.S. 42:1102(12) defines"governmental entity"to mean the State of Louisiana. ANALYSIS&CONCLUSION As an employee of LRS, you were a public employee pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(18). Your agency for purposes of the Code was the Bureau of Community Rehabilitation Program/Employment Development of LRS pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi). Your governmental entity was the State of Louisiana pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(12). As such, the Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that La. R.S. 42:1121(B)(1) prohibits you, for a period of two years from your retirement, from assisting another person for compensation in a transaction involving the State of Louisiana, if you participated in that transaction while employed by LRS. However, you are not prohibited from assisting third parties in new transactions involving the Bureau of Community Rehabilitation Program/Employment Development of LRS. Further, La. R.S. 42:1121(B)(1) prohibits you from rendering the same services on a contractual basis to, for, or on behalf of your former agency, the Bureau of Community Rehabilitation Program/Employment Development of LRS. However,you are not prohibited from rendering new services on a contractual basis to the Bureau of Community Rehabilitation Program/Employment Development of LRS. The Board further advised that should a specific situation arise that may present a violation of the post-employment restrictions, you should seek an updated advisory opinion. Page 2 of 3 (BD 2023-207)