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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> njyou'•. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> •t. P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> /4 o• BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> OkFjo-�" ,. (225)219-5600 <br /> war p <br /> ,•' d' <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> wwwethics.la.gov <br /> June 18, 2018 <br /> Ms. Faye Hoffman Talbot <br /> Audubon Regional Library Board <br /> P.O. Box 8389 <br /> Clinton, Louisiana 70822 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2018-227 <br /> Dear Ms. Talbot: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 15,2018 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether members of the Audubon Regional Library Board are required to file personal <br /> financial disclosure statements pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1. You stated that the Audubon <br /> Regional Library Board was created by East Feliciana Parish and St.Helena Parish. You also stated <br /> that the Audubon Regional Library Board has the authority to expend, disburse or invest $10,000 <br /> or more in funds in a fiscal year. <br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to inform you,that the Code of Governmental Ethics would <br /> require the members of the Audubon Regional Library Board are required to file personal financial <br /> disclosure statements pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1. La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1 requires financial <br /> disclosure for each member and designee of a board or commission which has the authority to <br /> expend, disburse or invest$10,000 or more of funds in a fiscal year on or before May 15'of each <br /> year during which the person holds office and the year following termination of the holding of such <br /> office. La.R.S.42:1124.2.1(D)(1)(a)defines a board or commission as(i) each board,commission, <br /> and like entity created by law or executive order that is made a part of the executive branch of state <br /> government by the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,or that is placed <br /> in an executive branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or <br /> executive order,or that exercises any authority or performs any function of the executive branch of <br /> state government; (ii) each board, commission, and like entity created by the constitution, by law, <br /> by a political subdivision,except as provided in Subparagraph(b)of this Paragraph,or jointly by two <br /> or more political subdivisions as a governing authority of a political subdivision of the state or of <br /> a local government. <br /> Since the Audubon Regional Library Board was created jointly by two or more political <br /> subdivisions, it was created by East Feliciana Parish and St. Helena Parish; and, the board has the <br /> authority to expend,disburse or invest$10,000 or more of funds in a fiscal year,the members of the <br /> Audubon Regional Library Board are required to file personal financial disclosure statements. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />