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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> o°'oF LO.i' DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ;�oQyes u r/.5ex LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> M, ;�� P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> Cp <br /> a11I c BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> •RIDE+ o'` (225)219-5600 <br /> %,%"'0� FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> March 20, 2017 <br /> Edward P. Theriot <br /> 8056 Hwy 23, Ste 201 <br /> Belle Chasse, LA 70037 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-134 <br /> Dear Mr. Theriot: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 17, 2017 meeting, considered your request <br /> for an advisory opinion regarding whether you, as the interim Parish President for <br /> Plaquemines Parish (Parish), are prohibited from returning to your prior position as <br /> Parish Director of Administration, after the newly elected Parish President is sworn into <br /> office. You provided the following background information for consideration in <br /> connection with your request: <br /> You had been employed as the Parish Director of Administration, an unclassified <br /> position, since January 2015. Following the death of Parish President Amos Cormier, Jr., <br /> you were chosen to serve as the interim Parish President by a majority vote of the Parish <br /> Council on June 21, 2016 (Resolution #16-195). Finally, the newly elected Parish <br /> President has asked that you continue your employment with the Parish, as the Parish <br /> Director of Administration, after he is sworn into office. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the Code of Governmental <br /> Ethics would not prohibit you, as the former interim Parish President, from serving as the <br /> Parish Director of Administration after the newly elected Parish President is sworn into <br /> office. La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) prohibits a former elected official, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public service as an elected public official serving in <br /> such agency, from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an <br /> appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or rendering any <br /> service on a contractual basis to or for such agency. As the Parish Director of <br /> Administration, you will be performing your duties as an employee of the Parish. <br /> Therefore, it will not present a violation of La. R.S. 42:1121A(1), if you are employed as <br /> the Parish Director of Administration following the termination of your service as interim <br /> Parish President. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts <br /> as presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other <br /> than the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, the <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />