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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> 4-OF iop�sr <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> b:17' \‘r,°F99 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> � P.0.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °o:c-,& (225)219-5600 <br /> • e 9, 2020 FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> Dr. Vincent J. Culotta, Jr. <br /> Executive Director <br /> Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners <br /> 630 Camp St. <br /> New Orleans, La 70130 <br /> Re: Board Docket No. 2020-362 <br /> Dear Dr. Culotta: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 5,2020 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit the Louisiana State <br /> Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME) from entering into a contract with the law firm of Jones <br /> Walker while your son, Jason Culotta, is employed as an associate with Jones Walker. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You provided that your son is not a partner in Jones Walker and does not have any ownership <br /> interest in Jones Walker. Further, you stated if LSMBE was to contract with the law firm of Jones <br /> Walker, your son would not provide any services on any transaction with LSBME nor would he <br /> receive any compensation, salary or bonuses, derived from payments from LSMBE to Jones <br /> Walker. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A prohibits a public servant, or a member of such public servant's immediate <br /> family, or a legal entity in which he has controlling interest, from bidding on or entering into any <br /> contract, subcontract or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the public <br /> servant's agency. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" as including the public servant's children, the <br /> spouses of his children,his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his parents, <br /> his spouse, and the parents of his spouse. <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 anything of economic value of which he may be reasonably expected <br /> to know through a person which (1) is regulated by the agency of such public servant, or (2) has <br /> bid 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 />