| Advisory Opinion Request from Paul P. Price, Jr., a member of the Franklin Parish Hospital Service District #1, d/b/a Franklin Medical Center Board of Directors ("FMC"), regarding his employment with a vendor of the District. |
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Paul P. Price, Jr. is chairman of the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of Franklins Parish Hospital Service District #1 d/b/a Franklin Medical Center ("FMC"). Mr. Price has been asked to take an editor position with the Powerlines newsletter published by the Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative ("NLPC"). The position would be compensated.
FMC is a paid advertiser in the newsletter published by the NLPC.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Charles Reeves |
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