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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �F LOU DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> '���N JUST'"�9 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> vhi�J`,Y` ^ �` �9 <br /> y'� � P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> • ;�";� . ' \ * , <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70521 <br /> `°NF�oEN��� (225)219-5600 <br /> ••«o.•�•� FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> May 6, 2025 <br /> Jo A. Hano <br /> Livingston Parish Fire Protection District No. 10 <br /> PO Box 250 <br /> Holden, Louisiana 70744 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-164 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Hano: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on May 2, 2025, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion on behalf of the Livingston Parish Fire Protection District No. 10("Fire District") <br /> as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics("Code")permits BFA of Louisiana, Inc., (`BFA") <br /> to continue to contract for goods and services with Fire District. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Dale Hayden has served on the Fire District Board since January 25, 2024. He began employment <br /> with BFA in March 2024 and currently serves as the Regional Sales Manager for New Apparatus <br /> Sales covering Louisiana and Mississippi. You ask whether the Fire District may continue to <br /> accept bids from and award contracts to BFA while Mr. Hayden serves on the Board. <br /> LAW <br /> La.R.S. 42:1111C(2).No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises <br /> control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-tive percent, shall receive any thing of economic <br /> value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during <br /> his public service unless such services are: <br /> (d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such public servant <br /> would be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) or(B) from receiving a gift. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of <br /> economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or <br /> employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably shoutd know that such <br /> person: <br /> (1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relatiouships with <br /> the public servant's agency. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-164) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />