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Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2017-1169
Requesting Party
James B. Cantrelle
Decision Date
12/15/2017
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Advisory opinion that a company owned by Lafourche Parish President and his wife would be prohibited by the Code of Governmental Ethics from renting an apartment to an employee of the Lafourche Parish Government, since he and his spouses' ownership interest in the company is in excess of twenty-five percent.
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Outside Employment
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Payment from Third Parties
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'���„,,,,��� STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> p�pF LOU,'. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ptti,� �usrSj'• <br /> S r�;,,0�_ LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Illnrir 1„III P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> II"°, " $ BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> C0*F,i;06 / (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> December 18, 2017 <br /> Hon. James B. Cantrelle <br /> President, Lafourche Parish Government <br /> Post Office Drawer 5548 <br /> Thibodaux, Louisiana 70302 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No.2017-1169 <br /> Dear Mr. Cantrelle: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its December 15, 2017 Board meeting, considered your request <br /> for an advisory opinion as to whether you could rent an apartment to an employee of the Lafourche <br /> Parish Government. You stated that you are currently the Lafourche Parish President and that you <br /> own twenty-five percent of Country Square, LLC with your wife, son and daughter owning the <br /> remaining seventy-five percent in equal amounts. You stated that Country Square, LLC owns an <br /> apartment complex that an employee of the Lafourche Parish Government is interested in renting at <br /> fair market value without any discount. You stated that you have no management interest in the <br /> apartment complex as that duty is handled by Cantrelle Heating and A.C.which is wholly owned by <br /> your son, James Cantrelle,II. <br /> The Board concluded and instructed me to inform you that the Code of Governmental Ethics would <br /> prohibit you from renting the apartment to an employee of the Lafourche Parish Government. La. <br /> R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) prohibits a public servant and a legal entity in which the public servant <br /> exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent,from receiving compensation <br /> for services rendered to any person who has or is seeking to obtain a business, contractual or <br /> financial relationship with the public servant's agency. La.I .S.42:1102(20.1)defines"service"as <br /> the performance of work, duties, or responsibilities, or the leasing, rental, or sale of movable or <br /> immovable property. Your ownership interest in Country Square, LLC of twenty-five percent <br /> coupled with your wife's ownership interest of twenty-five percent which is community property and <br /> therefore owned equally by you result in an ownership interest in excess of twenty-five percent. The <br /> Code of Governmental Ethics would therefore prohibit Country Square, LLC from receiving <br /> compensation for rental of the apartment to an employee of your agency. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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