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PROPOSED DISQUALIFICATION PLAN In all matters listed below involving Mrs. Lindsay Spencer, Dr. Marilyn Macik-Frey, Dean of the Al Danos College of Business,will serve as the initiator or first-line approver, and Mrs. Amber Brady-Billiot will be disqualified from participating in any of the following concerning Mrs. Spencer: • Any and all employment requisition(R1/R2) creations related to her position; • Any promotional advancements or pay changes; • Performance evaluations; Approval of timesheets; • Approval of travel,travel advances, and reimbursements; • Approval of Purchase requisitions/purchase orders, or P-card transactions; and • Any other transactions in which Mrs. Amber Brady-Billiot may have an economic interest. Conversely, as an employee in the MBA Department, Mrs. Spencer is not authorized to initiate or approve any of the above functions concerning Mrs. Brady- Billiot. LAW La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) provides that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest. La.R.S.42:1112C allows a disqualification plan to be developed in accordance with rules adopted by the Board to remove a public servant from participating in transactions that would otherwise present violations of Section 1112 of the Code. La. R.S. 42:1119A provides that no member of the immediate family member of an agency head shall be employed in his agency. La.R.S.42:1102(2)(a)(i)defines"agency"for as the office,division,agency, commission,board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency. La. R.S.42:1102(13) defines"immediate family" to include a public servant's mother-in-law. ANALYSIS Mrs. Amber Brady-Billiot's agency for purposes of the Code is the MBA Department pursuant to La. R.S.42:1102(2)(a)(i). However, Mrs. Amber Brady-Billiot is not an agency head of the MBA Department pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(3). Mr. Raymond Peters, Director of the MBA Department, is the agency head of the MBA Department pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(3). La.R.S.42:1119A does not prohibit Lindsay Spencer's employment within the MBA Department. However, to avoid a participation conflict with La. R.S.42:1112B(1), which prohibits a public servant from participating in any transaction in which her immediate family member, may have a Page 2 of 3 (BD 2025-475)