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STATE OF LOUISIANA ¢:r1 ,O, Louis DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE ¢:r 9y= LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS piiy0;444,, ,y�..��yV P.O.BOX 4368 �G .1+! BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 -*el ,, (225)219-5600 , FAX:(225)381-7271 1-800-842-6630 www.ethics.la.gov August 21,2017 Mr. Samuel E. Schudmak,III 1190 East Airline Highway Laplace,Louisiana 70123 Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No. 2017-743 Dear Mr. Schudmak, The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its August 18, 2017, meeting, considered your request for an advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (Code) would prohibit you from providing services to the Jefferson Parish Government. You stated that you were appointed by Jefferson Parish Councilman Paul Johnson as a member of the Jefferson Parish Finance Authority (Authority). The Authority is a public trust which pro- vides financing of mortgage loans on single family residential property. The Authority is gov- erned by an independent Board of Trustees,of which you are a member. You provided that you are also the co-owner of Bed Liners of Metairie, LLC d/b/a Rhino Lin- ings of Metairie. You ask whether Rhino Linings of Metairie may provide services to the Jeffer- son Parish Government, specifically, the Fleet Management Department. You stated that no ser- vices would be provided to the Authority. The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that you and your business, Rhino Lin- ings of Metairie, would not be prohibited from entering into contracts or transactions with the Jefferson Parish Government, Fleet Management Department. La. R.S. 42:1113B provides that no appointed member of any board or commission, member of his immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a substantial economic interest shall bid on or enter into or be in any way interested in any contract, subcontract, or other transaction which is under the supervision or ju- risdiction of the agency of such appointed member. Since no services would be provided to the Authority, you and Rhino Linings of Metairie would not be prohibited from entering into con- tracts or transactions with the Jefferson Parish Government,Fleet Management Department. This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts as pre- sented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of Governmental Eth- ics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other than the Code of Gov- ernmental Ethics, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, the Lobbyist Disclosure Act, and con- AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER