| Advisory opinion request regarding whether the Lincoln Parish Assessor can hire his daughter-in-law's sister to work in the Assessor's Office. |
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Billy McBride is the Assessor for Lincoln Parish. His son, Adam McBride, is married to Tiffany McBride, his daughter-in-law. Tiffany McBride's half-sister is Sadie Brown. Billy McBride asks if Sadie Brown is permitted to be employed in the Assessor's Office.
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La. R.S. 42:1119A states that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency.
La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant to mean his children, the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jessica Meiners |
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