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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> "u`j DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> :4.1 9 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> Y : BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °47,004 mq; ,'' (225)219-5600.nn <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> April 24,2018 <br /> Mr. Mario Chavez <br /> Caddo Parish Commission <br /> 505 Travis Street,Suite 110 <br /> Shreveport,Louisiana 71101 <br /> Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics <br /> Docket No.2018-185 <br /> Dear Mr. Chavez, <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 20, 2018, meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit you <br /> from providing sales and services to various entities. <br /> You are currently an elected member of the Caddo Parish Commission, serving District 10. You <br /> stated that your business, Chavez Data Services, LLC, provides merchant sales services, such as <br /> credit card processing,check processing,point of sale systems, and cash register services.You al- <br /> so provide 24/7 technical support to your clients. You acknowledge that you cannot provide <br /> your services to any agency under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Caddo Parish Commis- <br /> sion. <br /> You inquire as to three scenarios involving your business: <br /> 1. Whether you can provide credit card processing at the Shreveport Regional Air- <br /> port,which is owned by the City of Shreveport? <br /> 2. Whether you can install credit card readers at a county boat launch in Texas? <br /> 3. Whether you can sell a third-party's software solutions to any governmental entity, <br /> besides those controlled by the Caddo Parish Commission? <br /> With respect to the first two inquiries, the Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, <br /> that your request presents no issues under the Code, as neither the Shreveport Regional Airport, <br /> nor the county boat launch in Texas, come under the supervision or jurisdiction of your agency, <br /> the Caddo Parish Commission. <br /> As to the third inquiry, the Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that, generally, <br /> you would not be prohibited from receiving compensation from a third party as to the sale of <br /> software solutions to governmental entities outside the supervision or jurisdiction of the Caddo <br /> Parish Commission. However, please be aware that La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) prohibits the receipt <br /> of anything of economic value from a private company or individual who has or is seeking to <br /> Page 1 of 2 (No. 2018-185) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />