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Docket Number
2020-363
Requesting Party
Jamie Boudreaux
Decision Date
6/5/2020
Law
R.S. 42:1119A
R.S. 42:1119C(2)
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Advisory Opinion whereby the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit the daughter of a member of the Cameron Parish Library Board from being appointed as Head Librarian since it would not be a normal promotional advancement.
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Nepotism
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> 4,4�OFL t): DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> N sr <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> 00 � (225)219-5600 <br /> �FIDEN <br /> .o. <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> June 9, 2020 www.ethics.la.gov <br /> Mr. Jamie Boudreaux <br /> 10-7 Faulk Lane <br /> Lake Charles, La. 70607 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-363 <br /> Dear Mr. Boudreaux: <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 your daughter, Jolie <br /> Boudreaux, from becoming the Head Librarian for Cameron Parish while you serve on the <br /> Cameron Parish Library Board. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You provided that Jolie started her employment with the Library in 2009, about the same time she <br /> started toward her Masters in Library Science. She was awarded her Masters in Library Science in <br /> 2019. You stated that you were appointed to the Cameron Parish Library Board in December of <br /> 2011. Jolie is currently a part time employee in the Grand Lake branch library. There are six <br /> separate branch libraries in the Cameron Parish Library System. Each library branch has a full <br /> time librarian. The Head Librarian is over all six branch libraries. You stated that you are willing <br /> to recuse yourself from participation in the selection process for the new Head Librarian and if <br /> necessary you are willing to resign from the Library Board to allow your daughter to pursue her <br /> dreams of being Head Librarian. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119A provides that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be <br /> employed in his agency. <br /> La.R.S.42:1119C(2)provides a limited exception to the general nepotism prohibition and allows <br /> the continued employment and normal promotional advancement of a public employee when a <br /> member of the public employee's immediate family becomes the agency head of the public <br /> employee's agency, provided that such public employee has been employed in the agency for a <br /> period of at least one year prior to the member of the public employee's immediate family <br /> becoming the agency head. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer <br /> of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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