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2022-054
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2022-054
Parties Involved
Hope LaBorde
Agency at Issue
Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners (LSBOE)
Decision Date
6/6/2025
Law
La. R.S. 42:1111A(1)(a)
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A consent opinion that Hope Laborde, in her capacity as Administrative Assistant of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners, violated Section 1111A of the Ethics Code by virtue of receiving bonus payments for the performance of her duties to which she was not duly entitled.
Ethics Subject Matters
Payment - Not Duly Entitled
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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-054 <br /> Page 4 of 9 <br /> executive branch of state government, it shall mean the office in which such public <br /> servant carries out his primary responsibilities. <br /> (12) defines "governmental entity" to mean the state or any political subdivision <br /> which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to <br /> which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> (18)(a) defines "public employee" to mean anyone, whether compensated or not, <br /> who is (i) an administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not <br /> filling an elective office (ii) appointed by any elected official when acting in an <br /> official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee <br /> is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an <br /> agency, or as an employee thereof (iii) engaged in the performance of a <br /> governmental function(iv)under the supervision or authority of an elected official <br /> or another employee of the governmental entity. <br /> (19) defines "public servant"to mean a public employee or an elected official. <br /> (22)(a)defines"thing of economic value"to mean money or any other thing having <br /> economic value except promotional items having no substantial resale value; <br /> pharmaceutical samples, medical devices, medical foods, and infant formulas in <br /> compliance with the Food,Drug,and Cosmetic Act,21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.,provided <br /> to a physician, health care professional, or appropriate public employee for the <br /> administration or dispensation to a patient at no cost to the patient; food, drink, or <br /> refreshments consumed by a public servant, including reasonable transportation <br /> and entertainment incidental thereto, while the personal guest of some person, and, <br /> with reference to legislators and employees in the legislative branch of state <br /> government only, reasonable transportation when organized primarily for <br /> educational or informational purposes, including food and drink incidental thereto, <br /> and includes but is not limited to: (i) any loan, except a bona fide loan made by a <br /> duly licensed lending institution at the normal rate of interest, any property interest, <br /> interest in a contract, merchandise, service, and any employment or other <br /> arrangement involving a right to compensation; (ii) any option to obtain a thing of <br /> economic value, irrespective of the conditions to the exercise of such option; and <br /> (iii) any promise or undertaking for the present or future delivery or procurement <br /> of a thing of economic value. <br /> 3. <br /> Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Section 14A prohibits the expenditure of public funds <br /> as bonus compensation payments to state employees. Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Section <br /> 14A of the Louisiana Constitution provides in pertinent part: <br />
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