| Advisory opinion request regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits a company owned by the Code Enforcement Officer and Chief Building Official for the City of Opelousas from contracting with the Opelousas Housing Authority. |
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Lance Ned is the Code
Enforcement Officer and Chief Building Official for the City of Opelousas. He
is a Louisiana-licensed commercial contractor and the owner of Recovery
Resources Treatment Services, LLC ("RRTS").
The Opelousas Housing Authority is a separate
entity from the City of Opelousas. Mr. Ned and his office do not provide any
services to, for, or on behalf of OHA in his official capacities with the City
of Opelousas. Furthermore, the OHA is overseen by the federal HUD office and
governed by a local board of commissioners, of which board Mr. Ned is not a
member.
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La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) prohibits public servants, or members of such a public servants' immediate family, or legal entities in which the public servant 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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Adopt proposed Advisory Opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Kelsey Simmons |
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