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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ,P''pF'''''' DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> :'`�°" rs:� LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ct Ddu, lj'�' v <br /> Li. pm,, ''' P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> i' II BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °"ale ,,,, (225)219-5600 <br /> . •"" <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 24,2017 <br /> Mr.Joel Galatas <br /> 4634 Rosedale Drive <br /> Metairie, Louisiana 70001 <br /> Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No.2017-575 <br /> Dear Mr. Galatas: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its July 21,2017 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding whether the post-employment restrictions found in La.R.S.42:1121B(1)would prohibit <br /> you from being employed by C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC You provided that in February of <br /> 2017 you left employment as an engineering intern with Gang 232 of the Louisiana Department of <br /> Transportation and Development and have found employment with C.H.Fenstermaker and Associates,LLC. <br /> You stated that C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC does not have any contracts with Gang 232 of <br /> DOTD. Additionally,you stated that C.H.Fenstermaker and Associates,LLC does not have any contracts <br /> related in any way to the work,you participated in as an engineering intern for Gang 232 of DOTD. You <br /> stated that you are paid a salary by C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC and you do not have any <br /> ownership in C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC. <br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to advise you that under the facts presented herein,La.R.S. <br /> 42:1121B(1)would not prohibit you from performing engineering intern services for compensation to C.H. <br /> Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC within two years of the termination of your public employment with <br /> DOTD. La.R.S.42:1121B(1)prohibits a public servant,for a period of two years following the termination <br /> of his public employment,from assisting a person for compensation in a transaction in which he participated <br /> or from rendering any service which such former public employee rendered to the agency during the term <br /> of his public employment on a contractual basis,regardless of the parties to the contract,to,for,or on behalf <br /> of the agency with which he was formerly employed.Since you will not be providing the same services under <br /> contract to, for, or on behalf of DOTD, and you will not be assisting another person for compensation in <br /> transactions in which you participated while employed by DOTD, you are not prohibited from being <br /> employed by C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, LLC within two years of the termination of your public <br /> employment. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts as <br /> presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of Ethics. The Board issues no <br /> opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other than the Code of Governmental Ethics. If you have any <br /> questions, please contact me at(800) 842-6630 or(225)219-5600. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> t• <br /> (-)(7,7)(,, <br /> D,,,,_ <br /> --Suzanne Quinlan Mooney <br /> For the Board <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />