| Advisory Opinion request from George Meyer, III, regarding post employment provisions as a former employee of the Louisiana Housing Corporation. |
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George Meyer, III was employed by the Louisiana Housing Corporation ("LHC") as a Housing Finance Specialist 3 in the HOME department. The HOME program is funded by United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to promote affordable housing for persons whose income was low-to-moderate. While employed with the LHC, Mr. Meyer participated in assisting real estate developers through the application process to receive funds to build or renovate housing units to rent or sell to persons whose income were low-to-moderate. Mr. Meyer resigned from his employment on December 20, 2021.
Mr. Meyer asks whether he can continue to help people through the application process as an unpaid consultant.
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La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) prohibits a former public employee, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, from assisting 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 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: |
David Bordelon |
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