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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-724 <br /> Page 4 of 11 <br /> Although the SLPSO tendered payments to DCG for these policies, a substantial majority of any <br /> payments made by SLPSO to DCG were for insurance premiums which were paid to major <br /> insurance companies for insurance coverage. <br /> 10. <br /> From March 27, 2018 through March 7, 2023, Mr. Guidroz personally authorized, either <br /> by signature or initial, payrnents from SLPSO to DCG totaling $1,667,982.93. Although the <br /> SLPSO tendered payments to DCG for these policies,a substantial majority of any payments made <br /> by SLPSO to DCG were for insurance premiums which were paid to major insurance companies <br /> for insurance coverage. <br /> 11. <br /> If called to testify, Mr. Guidroz would state that as the relationship between SLPSO and <br /> DCG predated the coinmencement of his service as Sheriff, he was unaware that his daughter's <br /> marriage to Mr. Godchaux represented an issue under the Ethics Code. Mr. Guidroz would further <br /> testify that upon learning that the relationship between DCG and SLPSO was prohibited, he <br /> discontinued the relationship and procured the SLPSO insurance policies from a different agent. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> l. <br /> Section 1112B(1) of the Ethics Code states that no public servant shall participate in a <br /> transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of <br /> his immediate family has a substantial economic interest. Section 1112B(1) of the Ethics Code <br /> provides in pertinent part: <br />