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LAW La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d): No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered,or to be rendered,to or for any person during his public service unless such services are neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency. La. R.S. 42:1117: No public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person anything of economic value which such public servant or other person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of this Part. La. R.S. 42:1123(9)(b): This Part shall not preclude the performance of services for compensation for any person, by faculty or staff members of a public higher education institution, provided the services consist of consulting related to the academic discipline or expertise of said public employee, or the continued performance of such services by former faculty or staff members of a public higher education institution subsequent to the termination of their public service and notwithstanding contrary provisions of R.S. 42:1121, and provided the services have been approved in writing by the chief administrative officer of the public employee's institution in accordance with rules and procedures established by the management board of the institution, which rules and procedures have been approved by the Board of Regents and the Board of Ethics. La. R.S. 42:1112B(5): No public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any of the following persons has a substantial economic interest: (5)Any person-%vho is a party to an existing contract with such public servant, or with any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, or who owes any thing of economic value to such public servant, or to any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, and who by reason thereof is in a position to affect directly the economic interests of such public servant. AGENCY La. R.S. 42:1102(19) defines "public servant" to mean a public employee or an elected official. La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) defines"public employee"to mean anyone,whether compensated or not, who is: (iii) engaged in the performance of a governmental function; or, (iv)under the supervision or authority of another employee of the governmental entity. As an employee of UNO, Paul Maassen is a public servant under La. R.S. 42:1102(18) and (19). La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a) defines "Agency" as a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. Mr. Maassen's agency for purposes of the Code is UNO radio station WWNO under La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). Page 2 of 3 (BD 2024015)