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Ethics Board Docket No. 2023-326 Page 4 of 8 9. La. R.S.�42:1 11SA(1)provides that no public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thiiig of economic valiie as a gift or gratuity from any person or fram any officer, direct�or, agent, or employee of sueli person, if such public ser�ant knows or reasonably should know tliat such person: (1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or fina�lciat relatioiiships with the public servaa�t's agency. 10. La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following definitions: (2)(a) "Agency" ilieans a department, of�ee, division, as;ency, comiuissioil, board, committee, or otl2er organizational unit of a goveruinental entity. (vi} For public servants of political subdivisians, it shall ibean the agency in �ul�ich the public servant serves, except that for members of any �overning authority and for the elected or appointed cliief executive of a governuiental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall not be limited to, elected of�cials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and atller political subdivisions; sheriffs and their empldyees; district attorneys and tl�eir emplayees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. (9)"Elected�of�cial" means any person holdin�a�i office in a governmental entit�y�vhich is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices.