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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> V DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> `�Q,+ . , A2= LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> m 0 . <br /> inp, yy'I�� •; P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> IIi��J* 1 BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> 'k*I0* / (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> March 20, 2017 <br /> Charlotte Trosclair <br /> Director of Vermilion Parish Library System <br /> Post Office Box 640 <br /> Abbeville, Louisiana 70511 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-205 <br /> Dear Ms. Trosclair: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 17, 2017 Board meeting, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion regarding whether the Vermilion Parish Library Board of Control (Library <br /> Board)is subject to the financial disclosure requirements of La.R.S.42:1124.2.1.The Library Board <br /> was created in accordance with La. R.S. 25:214 by the Vermilion Parish Police Jury. Yearly budget <br /> expenditures of approximately $1.7 million for the library system are authorized by the Library <br /> Board.The Library Board has been filing Tier 2.1 financial disclosure forms annually but is seeking <br /> the opinion if they must continue to do so given that the population of Vermilion Parish is less than <br /> 200,000. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the Louisiana Code of Governmental <br /> Ethics would not require members of the Vermilion Parish Library Control Board to file disclosure <br /> forms pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1 for their service on such board. La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1A(1) <br /> provides that each member and any designee of a member of a board or commission that has the <br /> authority to expend, disburse, or invest ten thousand dollars or more of funds in a fiscal year. <br /> However,La.R.S.42:1124.2.1 D(1)(b)(ii)provides that a"board or commission"shall not mean any <br /> board or commission or like entity that governs a political subdivision created by a single parish <br /> governing authority of a parish with a population of two hundred thousand or less,or any subdistrict <br /> of such a political subdivision. The Vermilion Parish Library Board of Control was created by the <br /> Vermilion Parish Police Jury.The population of Vermilion Parish as of the 2010 census was 57,999. <br /> Since the Library Board falls within the Section 1124.2.1D(1)(b)(ii),the board members would not <br /> be required to filed a disclosure form based upon their service on Vermilion Parish Library Board <br /> of Control. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />