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Eth.cs Board llocket No. 2021-701 Page b of13 (19) defines "public servanY'to mean a public employee or elected official. 15. The following provisions proscribe the penalties the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may assess if tY�e Ethics �djudicatory Board determines a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics has occ�rred: §11�3. Penalties A. U�,on a determination that any elected official or other person has violated any ��rovis�on of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may censure the elected official or person, or impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. FS. L1pon a determination that any public employee or other person has violated any provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violati�ns of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by C'hapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics �djud�catory Board may remove, suspend,or order a reduction in pay, or demotion af the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten tizousand dollars, or both. V. OPINION: It is the opinion of the BOE that Terry Hoof, in his capacity as Mayor, Town of Cullen, �Ne�s.ter Parish, and Denise Epps-Hoof, and Floydean White, in their capacities as Aldermen, 7'o�✓r� of Cullen, Webster Parish, violated Section 1119D of the Ethics Code by virtue of hiring Tanieka Ford as the Town Clerk when they knew Tameka Ford was the wife of Alderman Darryl For�i; which v��as prohibited by La. R.S. 42:1119B. It is th� opinion of the BOE that Tameka Ford violated Section 1119B of the Ethics Code by vi��tue of her employment with the Town of Cullen while her husband, Darryl Ford, served on