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���„ STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ,44#t tows.. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ` '*+ 1' LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ,gym „tie <br /> W70. <br /> , ��i P. O.BOX 4368 <br /> �S BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> �O+ ioe+ , (225)219-5600 <br /> X00$ FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> June 25, 2019 <br /> Mr. Bruce Coulon <br /> Mayor, City of Bunkie <br /> P.O. Box 630 <br /> Bunkie, Louisiana 71322 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2019-560 <br /> Dear Mr. Coulon: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 21,2019 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether your brother may continue his employment as a salesperson with Sequel <br /> Electrical while Sequel electrical transacts business with the City of Bunkie and you serve as Mayor <br /> of the City of Bunkie. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that you are the Mayor of the City of Bunkie. The City of Bunkie purchases electrical <br /> material from Sequel Electrical. You stated that your brother is now employed with Sequel <br /> Electrical as a salesperson. You stated that your brother has no ownership interest in Sequel <br /> Electrical. <br /> •• <br /> LAWS <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A states that no public servant,or a member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> family,or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> subcontract or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such <br /> public servant. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(8) defines "controlling interest" to mean any ownership in any legal entity or <br /> beneficial interest in a trust, held by or on behalf of an individual or a member of his immediate <br /> family, either individually or collectively, which exceeds twenty-five percent of that legal entity. <br /> La.R.S.42:1114 provides that each public servant and each member of his immediate family who <br /> derives anything of economic value,directly,through any transaction involving the agency of such <br /> public servant or who derives any thing of economic value of which he maybe reasonably expected <br /> to know through a person which(1)is regulated by the agency of such public servant,or(2)has bid <br /> on or entered into or is in any way financially interested in any contract, subcontract, or any <br /> transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant_shall disclose <br /> certain information as set forth in Section 1114. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />