| Advisory opinion request concerning whether Catherine Creamer may continue to serve as Natchitoches Parish Human Resource Director while her husband Joey Creamer serves as the Interim Public Works Director for Natchitoches Parish. |
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Catherine Creamer has served for several years as the Natchitoches Parish Human Resource Director. Part of her job duties include serving as the purchasing agent for the Parish. Joey Creamer was recently appointed to serve as the interim Public Works Director. Joey Creamer does not supervise Catherine Creamer. However, when he needs to purchase items, for the Parish Public Works Department, the purchase orders do go through Catherine Creamer as the purchasing agent for the Parish. Additionally, Catherine and Joey Creamer both are directly supervised by the Parish President John Salter.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(1): No public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest.
La. R.S. 42:1112C allows a disqualification plan to be developed in accordance with rules adopted by the Board to remove a public servant from participating in transactions that would otherwise present violations of Section 1112 of the Code.
La. R.S. 42:1119: No member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency.
La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(vi) defines "agency" for public servants of political subdivisions to mean the office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit in which he works.
La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency.
La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" to include a public servant's parent.
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Adopt draft advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Suzanne Mooney |
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