2024-113- Charges - Thomas D. Durrett, Jr - Public

employee of the governmental entity. (19) ,Public s ervanV means a public employee or elected. official. (22)(a) "Thing of economic value" means money or any other thing having economic value. o. La. R.S. 42t 11 (B)provides: [upon a determination that any public employee has violated any provision of any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Acct which shall be governed by Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may remove, suspend., or order a reduction in pay, or demotion of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. 1. La. R.S. 42:1155(A) provides: If an investigation conducted pursuant to this part reveals that any public servant or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of`the Board of Ethics to his economic advantage, and after an ad j ud-icatory hearing on the matter, the Ethics Agjudicatory Board may order the payment of penalties. Recovery may include, in addition to an amount equal to such economic advantage, penalties not to exceed one half of the amount of the economic advantage. . PRAYER FOR REi DIFF Based on the fort going facts, 1'ommy Durrett, while employed by the Union Parish police ,fury, violated La. R.S. 42,-1115A(l) by soliciting tickets to a Saints game and by accepting complimentary hotel accommodations for three nights in Nashville, Tennessee, which are things of economic value, from Mark Hartman, an employee of F r on Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc., at a time when Tommy Durrett knew Ergon Asphalt&Emulsions, Inc. had or was seeping to obtain a contractual or other business or financial relationship with the Union parish Police Jury. Page 6 of 7 (Docket o. 2024-113)