| Advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Lafourche Parish Government from soliciting and receiving gifts to use in an employee safety incentive program. |
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Lafourche Parish Government is developing and implementing an enhanced workplace safety initiative to improve employee safety awareness, reduce workplace accidents and injuries, and encourage active employee participation in maintaining a safe work environment across all Parish departments. The safety incentive program is intended to recognize employees who demonstrate exceptional commitment to workplace safety goals and objectives. Potential incentives may include modest items such as gift cards, merchandise, safety-related awards, or similar recognition items based upon measurable safety participation and performance criteria.
The Parish would like to solicit or receive donations from private businesses to providing funding, gift cards, merchandise, or other non-cash incentives to support the program.
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La. R.S. 42:1111A prohibits a public employee from receiving
anything of economic value, other than compensation and benefits from
the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the
performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or
position.
La. R.S. 42:1115A(1) prohibits a public servant from
soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any thing of economic
value as a gift or gratuity from 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
have a contractual, business or financial relationship with the public
servant's agency.
La. R.S. 42:1115A(2) prohibits a public servant
from soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any thing of
economic value as a gift or gratuity from 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 is seeking, for
compensation, to influence the passage or defeat of legislation by the
pubic servant's agency.
La. R.S. 42:1115B(1) prohibits a public
employee from soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any thing
of economic value as a gift or gratuity from 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 conducts
operations or activities that are regulated by the public employees'
agency.
La. R.S. 42:1115B(2) prohibits a public employee from
soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any thing of economic
value as a gift or gratuity from 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 a substantial
economic interest which may be substantially affected by the performance
or nonperformance of the public employee's office duty.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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