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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022002 <br /> Page 5 of8 <br /> the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the <br /> parties to the contract,to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. <br /> 16. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1117 provides that no public servant or other person shall give,pay, loan, <br /> transfer, or deliver or offer to give,pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly,to any <br /> public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other <br /> person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of this Part. <br /> 17. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following relevant definitions when analyzing the above <br /> Sections: - <br /> (2)(a)(vi) defines "agency" for public servants of political subdivisions as the <br /> agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any <br /> governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a <br /> governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of <br /> political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be limited to, elected officials and <br /> public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; <br /> sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and <br /> their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. <br /> (1 8)(a)defines a"public employee"to mean anyone,whether compensated or not, <br /> who is: (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not <br /> filling an elective office; (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an - <br /> official capacity,and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee <br /> is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an <br /> agency, or as an employee thereof; (iii) Engaged in the performance of a <br /> governmental function; or (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected <br /> official or another employee of the governmental entity. <br /> (19) defines "public servant'to mean a public employee or elected official. <br /> V. <br /> OPINION: <br /> It is the opinion of the BOE that Christopher Tyson, in his capacity as President and CEA <br />