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La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) further provides that no former public employee shall, 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. 42:1121E-provides that the termination of public employment or service means the termination of employment with the agency which employed the public employee when he participated in the transaction. La. R.S. 42:1102(16) defines "person" to mean an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof. You intend to become a Job Placement Vendor for the Shreveport Regional Office of LRS in Region 7. You ask that your two-year post-employment period begin on May 1, 2022, instead of September 8, 2023. However, pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1121E, your two-year post-employment period began the date you terminated your employment with LRS, which was on September 8, 2023. As such, La. R.S. 42:1121B(1)prohibits you from rendering services on a contractual basis as a Job Placement Vendor for LRS in Region 7 until September 8, 2025, since you rendered such job placement services for the Shreveport Regional Office while you were employed as a Rehabilitation Employment Development Specialist with LRS. CONCLUSION By a vote of 9 to 1, with Board Member Alfred W. Speer in opposition,the Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that La. R.S. 42:1-121B(1) prohibits you, for a period of two years from September 8, 2023, from rendering job placement services on a contractual basis with the Shreveport Regional Office of LRS. This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts as presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other than the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, the Lobbyist Disclosure Act, and the conflict of interest provisions contained in the Louisiana Gaming Control Law. If you have any questions,please contact me at(800) 842-6630 or(225) 219-5600. Sincerely, LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS essica T. Meiners For the Board Page 3 of 3 (BD 2023-929)