2022-698 |
Type: Consent Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
7 page
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A consent opinion that Aimee Riviere violated La. R.S. 42:1111A(1)(a) by virtue of her receipt of payments to which she was not duly entitled to receive for the performance of her duties as an employee of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Opinion Item - 7 page(s)
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2023-201 |
Type: Consent Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
7 page
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Fields
A consent opinion that Charles Williams d/b/a Forever Williams Photography violated La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) by entering into transactions under the supervision or jurisdiction of his agency, Carroll High School.
Opinion Item - 7 page(s)
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2023-954 |
Type: Consent Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
16 page
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Fields
A consent opinion that Amy Hebert, an appointed member of the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission, and Amplify-Events and Promotions, LLC, a company in which she exercises control, violated La. R.S. 42:1111E(1) and La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) by receiving a thing of economic value for assisting Lafourche Arc with its grant application to the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission and for rendering services to Lafourche Arc while it had a contractual, business, or financial relationship with her agency, the Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission.
Opinion Item - 16 page(s)
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2024-969 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Lacey Herring from contracting with the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority to be the Multi-Systemic Therapy Program Expert for two years from the date of her retirement as the Mental Health Program Director of the Multi-Systemic Therapy Program.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-064 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
4 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit Dr. Roderick Clark, President of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME), from receiving a stipend for services rendered as President of the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) while LSMS and LSBME have a business relationship.
Opinion Item - 4 page(s)
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2025-109 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit former agency head Jay Efferson from attempting to contract with any other Office of Technology Services (OTS) department or section, except his former agency, the OTS End User Computing Field Operations Section, provided the contracted services are not rendered to or for his former agency.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-112 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
2 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit Maurice Keen, a former member of the Livingston Parish Council, from being employed by the executive branch of government, the Livingston Parish President’s Administration, as an assistant to the Livingston Parish President, following the end of his term as a council member.
Opinion Item - 2 page(s)
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2025-116 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
4 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics contains post-employment restrictions that apply to Damon Carter and his future employer, DBSysgraph, Inc., for two years following his retirement from public employment with the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal.
Opinion Item - 4 page(s)
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2025-117 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Carter Ledbetter Prejean from renewing her services contract with the City of Jennings once her father, Wayne Ledbetter, assumes the office of Jennings City Councilman, but she is not prohibited from fulfilling the terms of her current contract.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-120 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
2 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit Jason Shelton from being promoted and appointed to the position of Fire Chief for the Bossier City Fire Department while Christopher Smith serves as a Bossier City Councilman, since Jason Shelton is not Christopher Smith’s immediate family member.
Opinion Item - 2 page(s)
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2025-121 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics has post-employment restrictions that prohibit Sankeerth Cholleti, for two years following the termination of his public employment with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), from assisting Optima Business Solutions, LLC, for compensation, in a transaction involving DPS in which he participated while employed by DPS.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-126 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit Rachel Zaunbrecher or her business, Rachel’s Stitches, LLC, from providing embroidery and sewing services to Iowa High/Middle School, the Calcasieu Parish School District, or any other school within the district for compensation immediately following her retirement from the Calcasieu Parish School District as an assistant principal at Iowa High/Middle School.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-127 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Pamela Lewandowski, a former employee of the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) Training Center, from rendering contractual services instructing the LHC Energy Auditor Curriculum for her former agency until December 3, 2026, since she rendered those services to the LHC Training Center during her public employment.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-128 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
4 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit members of the Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA) from being members of the Louisiana Association of Substance Abuse Counselors and Trainers, Inc. (LASACT) while LASACT seeks to or enters into a lease agreement with ADRA; nor does it prohibit the ADRA members from participating in a vote involving such a lease agreement.
Opinion Item - 4 page(s)
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2025-134 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics has post-employment restrictions that apply to Jacob Fusilier’s future employment and employer in the private sector for two years following the termination of his public employment with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-145 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit the Village of Mooringsport from approving and providing compensation under the proposed contract to Perry Fuller, the Utility/Sewer Manager for the Town of Blanchard.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-164 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 5/2/2025 |
3 page
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The Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits BFA of Louisiana, Inc. from paying Dale Hayden wages for services he renders to BFA while he serves on the Board of the Livingston Parish Fire Protection District No. 10, and BFA is seeking or has a contractual, financial, or business relationship with the Fire District.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-173 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 6/6/2025 |
3 page
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The post-employment restrictions in the Code of Governmental Ethics do not prohibit Wayne Picou, a former employee in the Payroll and Benefits Division of the Human Resources Department for the City of Baton Rouge, or his new employer, Creative Employee Benefits Services, LLC, from selling new insurance policies to the Baton Rouge Fire Fighters Union or City of Baton Rouge employees.
Opinion Item - 3 page(s)
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2025-196 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 6/6/2025 |
1 page
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There are no provisions in the Code of Governmental Ethics that prohibit Kayla Breaux from serving as the elected Coroner of Lafourche Parish while also working as a reserve deputy with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office; however, the application of the Louisiana Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment laws falls under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, not the Board of Ethics.
Opinion Item - 1 page(s)
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2025-222 |
Type: Advisory Opinion |
Decision Date: 6/6/2025 |
2 page
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Fields
The Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit the Patterson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners from receiving a $25.00 gas card for attending the regular monthly meetings if the Patterson Housing Authority determines that the Commissioners are duly entitled to receive that benefit.
Opinion Item - 2 page(s)
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