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Ethics Board Docket No.2022-695 Page 5 of 8 (2)(a)(vi) defines "agency" for public servants of political subdivisions as the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of political subdivisions shall include, but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. (18)(a) defines a "public employee" to mean anyone, whether compensated or not, who is: (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office; (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof; (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function; or (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. (19) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or elected official. (23) defines "transaction involving the governmental entity" to mean any proceeding, application, submission, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, case, or other such particular matter which the public servant or former public servant of the governmental entity in question knows or should know: (a) Is, or will be, the subject of action by the governmental entity. (b)Is one to which the governmental entity is or will be a party.