Louisiana Ethics Administration Program
Home
Charges Search
EAB Decisions Search
My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
2016-1340
LAEthics
>
Opinions
>
SearchableOpinions
>
2017
>
2016-1340
Metadata
Thumbnails
New Search
Entry Properties
Last modified
7/12/2021 11:03:53 AM
Creation date
3/20/2017 1:10:22 PM
Metadata
2016-1340
Fields
Template:
Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2016-1340
Requesting Party
Thomas Skinner
Agency at Issue
LSU Foundation
Decision Date
3/17/2017
Caption
Advisory opinion that the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit the Louisiana State University Vice President, who is also serving as the CEO of LSU Foundation, from being compensated solely by the LSU Foundation. However, La. R.S. 42:1111A(1)(b) would allow the LSU Vice President to receive supplementary compensation or benefits from funds accruing to the benefit of LSU as approved by the appropriate policy or management board, through the Foundation. Additionally, the LSU Foundation must reimburse LSU, either directly or through in-kind services, for the cost of LSU employees furnished to support the LSU Foundation. The Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit the LSU CFO from serving as the interim Foundation CFO, provided that his duties and compensation as LSU CFO will be continued without change and the LSU Foundation will reimburse LSU for the portion of his salary attributable to time spent on Foundation matters and away from his regular LSU duties. In general, La. R.S. 42:1112B(3) would prohibit the LSU Vice President/Foundation CEO from participating, in his capacity as LSU Vice President, in any transaction involving LSU in which the economic interest is of greater benefit to the Foundation than to any of the other LSU affiliated foundations. Finally, La. R.S. 42:1115 would prohibit the LSU Vice President from soliciting and/or accepting donations from certain prohibited sources for his personal benefit as well as for the benefit of his agency or other person.
Ethics Subject Matters
Payment - Not Duly Entitled
Participation
Prohibited Sources
Donations
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
4
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
„, ,� STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ,p�OF LUblsj.. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> Se” y_ LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> t. F -r) P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> °'PIUe ,1 <br /> '����,,', (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> March 20, 2017 <br /> Thomas Skinner <br /> LSU— Office of the General Counsel <br /> 3810 W. Lakeshore Dr., Rm 124 <br /> Baton Rouge, LA 70808 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2016-1340 <br /> Dear Mr. Skinner: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 17, 2017 meeting, considered your request <br /> for an advisory opinion regarding the propriety of the CEO of the LSU Foundation <br /> (Foundation) also holding the position of LSU Vice-President for Institutional <br /> Advancement (LSU VP). The following information was provided for consideration in <br /> connection with your request: <br /> The Foundation CEO position became vacant on December 31, 2016 and a search for a <br /> successor is proceeding. The new Foundation CEO will be hired and compensated <br /> (including salary, performance bonus and other benefits) by the Foundation's Board of <br /> Directors. It is anticipated that the Foundation CEO also will serve as the LSU VP, <br /> without salary or benefits. The duties of the LSU VP will include providing leadership <br /> and coordination for all major fundraising activity associated with all LSU affiliated <br /> foundations and other LSU campuses; serving as the primary communicator to other <br /> University officers, deans, leaders at other LSU campuses and entities, and other <br /> constituents regarding issues related to advancement on behalf of the University <br /> President; and overseeing the Office of Institutional Advancement (Office). The deans <br /> will report to the LSU VP regarding development/advancement matters, while still <br /> reporting to the Provost in all other matters. The same will apply for the other campuses <br /> and LSU affiliated foundations. They will report to the LSU VP for <br /> development/advancement matters, while still reporting to their respective <br /> campus/foundation hierarchies in all other matters. <br /> Additionally, Dan Layzell, LSU's Vice-President for Finance and Administration/CFO <br /> (LSU CFO), is serving as interim Foundation CEO. His LSU employment duties and <br /> compensation will be continued without change, but the Foundation will reimburse LSU <br /> for a portion of his salary attributable to time spent on Foundation matters and away from <br /> his regular LSU duties. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.