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5/24/2024 9:06:39 AM
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5/2/2024 4:12:35 PM
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2024-004
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2024-004
Requesting Party
W Thomas Barrett III
Parties Involved
Brian Brown
Brown's Grocery Store
Agency at Issue
Cameron Parish Waterworks District No. 2
Decision Date
4/5/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1113B
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Brian Brown's father and Brown's Grocery Store from selling gas or grocery items to or for the Cameron Parish Waterworks District No. 2 if Brian Brown is appointed as a member of the Waterworks Board.
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OF LOG STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> s� o" oslsr DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> c�NFIDE H (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> April 9, 2024 <br /> W. Thomas Barrett III <br /> District Attorney <br /> P.O. Box 280 <br /> Cameron, Louisiana 70631 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-004 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Barrett: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on April 5, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits the <br /> appointment of Brian Brown to the Cameron Parish Waterworks District No. 2 ("Waterworks <br /> District") while his father's store provides services to the Waterworks District. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Brian Brown seeks an appointment to the Waterworks District board. Mr. Brown's father owns <br /> Brown's Grocery store, the only grocery store/gas station in the unincorporated community of <br /> Hackberry. Waterworks District employees purchase gasoline for Waterworks vehicles and grocery <br /> items for the office at Brown's Grocery Store on behalf of and paid for by the Waterworks District. <br /> Brian Brown has no ownership interest in Brown's Grocery Store. You ask whether any Code <br /> violation exists if Mr. Brown is appointed to the Waterworks District board. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113B provides that no appointed member of any board or commission, member of <br /> his immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a substantial economic interest shall bid on <br /> or enter into or be in any way interested in any contract, subcontract, or other transaction which is <br /> under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such appointed member. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi) defines "agency" for public servants of political subdivisions to mean <br /> the department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational <br /> unit in which the public servant serves.Public servants of political subdivisions include employees <br /> of parishes. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" member to include a public servant's parent. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2024-004) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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