| A Request for an Advisory Opinion, submitted by Francis Abbott -
Executive Director of the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole,
regarding whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit
former employees of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Correction Division
of Probation and Parole ("P&P") from entering into a contract with the
Louisiana Board of Pardons & Committee on Parole ("LBPCP"). |
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Mr. Abbott is the Executive Director of the
LBPCP.
The LBPCP anticipates receiving
grant funds through the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to retain
Victim Assistance Coordinators ("VAC") and station VACs around Louisiana. VACs provide services for victims of violent and sex crimes to ensure that they are given a meaningful opportunity to participate in the release decision-making process, should they wish to do so. Mr. Abbott inquired about whether former
P&P employees can be hired as VACs on a contractual basis.
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La. R.S. 42:1121(B)
provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
LaToya D. Jordan |
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