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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-091 Page 5 of10 economic value, other than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. Section 1111A of the Ethics Code provides in pertinent part: §1111. Payment from nonpublic sources A. Payments for services to the governmental entity * * (1)(a)No public servant shall receive anything of economic value,other than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. 2. The following terms are defined in Section 1102 of the Code and are relevant when analyzing the above Sections: (2)(a)(vi)defines"agency,"with respect to public servants of political subdivisions, to mean 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. (12)defines"governing entity"to mean the state or any political subdivision which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. (18)(a) defines "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(iv) under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity.