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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ' DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> :P** LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ,2. <br /> ;` 'P <br /> h P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> O,6k, �� (225)219-5600 <br /> �'' <br /> ''" FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> January 22, 2018 <br /> Mr. Phillip Dufrene <br /> 392 Marcia Drive <br /> Luling, Louisiana 70070 <br /> Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No.2017-1345 <br /> Dear Mr. Dufrene: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its January 19,2018 meeting,considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion regarding whether the post employment restrictions found in the Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics would prohibit you from contracting to supply professional services to the St. <br /> Charles Department of Public Works and Wastewater after your retirement as the Facilities Manager <br /> for the St.Charles Parish Department of Governmental Buildings.You provided that the St.Charles <br /> Parish Department of Governmental Buildings is separate from the St.Charles Department of Public <br /> Works and Wastewater. You stated that you intend to leave your public employment with the St. <br /> Charles Parish Department of Governmental Buildings in February of 2018 and wish to offer <br /> professional services to the Department of Public Works and Wastewater involving title searches <br /> for property within the parish upon which the Department of Public Works and Wastewater may <br /> require temporary or permanent servitude.Additionally,you provided that these services are not part <br /> of your current duties and are not performed by your Department. Further,you stated that in your <br /> current position as Facilities Manager,you have no authority over any aspect of the Department of <br /> Public Works and Wastewater. <br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to advise you that,under the facts provided,the post <br /> employment restrictions found in La. R.S. 42:1121A and B of the Code of Governmental Ethics <br /> would not prohibit you from contracting to supply professional services to St. Charles Department <br /> of Public Works and Wastewater since St. Charles Department of Public Works and Wastewater is <br /> not part of your former agency.La. R.S.42:1121(A)(1)of the Code prohibits a former agency head <br /> for two years after termination of his public employment from assisting another person for <br /> compensation, in a transaction, or appearance in a connection with a transaction, involving that <br /> agency or rendering any service on a contractual basis to that agency. La. R.S. 42: 1121(B) <br /> specifically prohibits a public servant from contracting for compensation for two years after <br /> termination of their employment on any project in which they participated while employed with the <br /> agency, or from providing the same services that they rendered to the agency. Under the facts <br /> presented above, you would not be assisting a person for compensation, contracting with, or <br /> rendering the same services that you rendered with your former agency, St. Charles Parish <br /> Department of Governmental Buildings; therefore, you are not prohibited from rendering such <br /> services. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />