| Advisory Opinion request as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits a rental property company owned by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury to continue to receive payments from the federal government. |
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The interim Secretary-Treasurer of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury owns a rental property company ("the company"). Prior to taking the position with the Police Jury, the company received payments from the federal government through the HUD low-income housing program. The issue is whether the company can continue receiving payments from the federal government while the company's owner continues to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.
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La. R.S. 42:1113A(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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| Assigned Attorney: |
Mallory Guillot |
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