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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-331 <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br /> 8. <br /> If called to testify, Dr. David Sobek would state that he did not directly communicate or <br /> meet with any legislators regarding his opposition to teaching CRT. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 9. <br /> La.R.S.24:51(4)defines lobbying as(a) "any direct action or communication with <br /> a legislator,the purpose of which is to aid in influencing the passage or defeat of <br /> any legislation," and(b) "any preparation or research specifically intended, at that <br /> time it is performed, for use in or in support of any ongoing or planned direct act <br /> or communication with a legislator, the purpose of which is to aid in influencing <br /> the passage or defeat of any legislation." <br /> La. R.S. 24:56F(1) provides that no state employee in his official capacity or on <br /> behalf of his employer shall lobby for or against any matter intended to have the <br /> effect of law pending before the legislature or any committee thereof. <br /> V. <br /> OPINION: <br /> It is the opinion of the BOE that Dr. David Sobek's agency far purposes ofthe Ethics Code <br /> was the Political Science Department at Louisiana State University. Therefore, Dr. Sobek, while <br /> employed by Louisiana State University,was prohibiter)by La. R.S. 24:56(F)(0)from lobbying the <br /> legislature, in support of legislation, in his official capacity.It is the opinion of the BOE that Dr. <br /> Sobek,in his official capacity as a professor in the LSU Political Science Department, violated La. <br /> R.S. 24:56(F)(1), through a graduate student under his supervision, by lobbying members of the <br /> Louisiana Legislature during the 2022 Legislative Session regarding the teaching of Critical Race <br /> Theory. <br />