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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF LUL DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> " > P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> �oarin<Ncc (225)219-5600 <br /> '- FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> February 6, 2024 <br /> Chad Nepveaux <br /> 122 Glynndale Avenue <br /> Lafayette, LA 70506 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-1069 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Nepveaux: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on February 2, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding your planned endeavors for future employment following termination <br /> of your employment with the Lafayette Consolidated Government Department of Public Works. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are the current Director of the Public Works Department("PWD")for Lafayette Consolidated <br /> Government ("LCG"). Following your retirement from public service, you intend to provide <br /> construction inspection and consulting services to another department within LCG. Specifically, <br /> you wish to engage in contractual services with the LUS Fiber Department ("LUS Fiber"), <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) provides that no former agency head or elected official shall, for a period <br /> of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an <br /> elected public official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a <br /> transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render <br /> any service on a contractual basis to or for such agency. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a <br /> transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public <br /> employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental <br /> entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of <br /> his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to <br /> the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the <br /> parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer <br /> of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2022-926) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />