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Ethics Board Docket No. 2023-348 Page 3 of 8 bulbs or windshield wipers, and dispensing Diesel Exhaust Fluid ("DEF"), which the federal government requires to be added to diesel-burning buses to reduce emissions. From 2020-2023, the TPSB paid Dave's Full Service $45,388.04 for diesel and minor maintenance and repair. 4. In 2023, the TPSB and Dave's Full Service severed the business relationship. The TPSB ceased making payments to Dave's Full Service for maintenance and repairs in February 2023. The TPSB's outstanding balance for services provided by Dave's Full Service is $3,759.02. 5. From 2020-2023,the Credit Card Transactions for Diesel from Dave's Full Service totaled $141,071.70. While school bus drivers charged diesel to the TPSB's longstanding account with Dave's Full Service, most diesel 2020-2023 was purchased with interest-free credit made possible by the State of Louisiana's Office of State Procurement contract with Georgia-based fuel delivery and logistics company, Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville, Inc. ("Mansfield Contract"). 6. Political subdivisions of the state, such as the TPSB, were eligible to apply for the line of credit under the contract's Cooperative Purchasing clause. The credit arrangement provision in the Mansfield Contract was offered by virtue of Mansfield's partnership with U.S.Bank Voyager Fleet Systems ("Voyager"). Mansfield, for its part, accepts the credit risk, monitors cardholders' billing cycles, and provides training and other assistance. Voyager issued cards ("Fuel Cards") to the TPSB; to purchase fuel, the card is swiped in a merchant's card reader, which prompts the user for the driver's Personal Identification Number and an odometer reading Voyager billed the TPSB for the balance owed. The TPSB in turn remitted payment in full by a certain deadline to Voyager.