| Request for an Advisory Opinion, submitted by Jill Bankston, CFRE, regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit various departments and offices of Northwestern State University ("NSU") to enter into contracts with Natchitoches Inflatables, which is a rental business owned by Dir. Bankston's son. |
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Dir. Bankston is an employee of NSU, where she serves as the Director of Development. Her son, Parker Bankston, is the owner of Natchitoches Inflatables, which is a rental business providing services to Natchitoches and surrounding areas for the use of items including tables, chairs, tents, water slides, and inflatable bounce houses. She has inquired as to whether NSU departments and offices, other than the Office of Development, may contract with Natchitoches Inflatables.
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La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of the public servant" and "his agency" when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shall mean for public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office in which such public servant carries out his primary responsibilities.
La. R.S. 42:1113(A)(1)(a) states no public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member of any board of commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
LaToya D. Jordan |
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