| Advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits a member of the Cameron Parish Police Jury from accepting employment with a person who contracts with his agency. |
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Michael Fewell has served on the Cameron Parish Police Jury since
January 2024, and his term expires on January 9, 2028. Mr. Fewell is
considering employment with K&M, an engineering firm that
contracts with the Police Jury on construction type projects. Mr. Fewell will
be a salaried and/or hourly employee, will have no ownership interest in K&M,
and will not receive compensation for any transactions between the Police Jury
and K&M.
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La. R.S.
42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no
public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises
control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any
thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be
rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services
are: (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any
officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant
knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain
contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public
servant's agency.
La.
R.S. 42:1111C(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of
Subparagraph (2)(d) of this Subsection, a member of a school board or parish or
municipal governing authority may continue employment with a person who has or
is seeking a contractual or other business or financial relationship with his
governmental entity or an agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of his
governmental entity provided all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The member is a salaried or wage-earning
employee of his employer.
(b) The compensation of the member is
substantially unaffected by his employer's contractual or other business or
financial relationship with his governmental entity or other agency under the
jurisdiction or supervision of his governmental entity.
(c) The member is not an officer, director,
trustee, or partner of his employer.
(d) The member does not own an interest which
exceeds one percent of the legal entity which employs him.
(e) The member does not participate in any
transaction with his governmental entity or agency under the jurisdiction or
supervision of his governmental entity, including recusing himself from any
vote, involving his employer.
(f) The member complies with the disclosure
requirements in R.S. 42:1114.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Kelsey Simmons |
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