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. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102 provides the following relevant definitions when analyzing the above <br /> Section: <br /> (2)(a)(vi)"Agency" for public servants of political subdivisions means the agency <br /> in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing <br /> authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, <br /> it shall mean the governmental entity, public servants of political subdivisions <br /> Shall 1-nolude,but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of <br /> municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions. <br /> (12) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which <br /> employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which <br /> the elected official is elected, as the case may be. <br /> (17) defines "political subdivision" to mean any unit of local government, <br /> including a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. <br /> (1-8)(a)"Public employee"means anyone,whether compensated or not, who is: i) <br /> An a chministra.tive officer or offi.6 al of a governmental entity who is not filling an <br /> elective office; (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official <br /> capacity, and the appointment i s to a post or position wherein the appointee is to <br /> 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; or (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected <br /> official or another employee of the governmental entity. <br /> (19) "Public servant's means a public employee or elected official. <br /> (22)(a) "Thing of economic value" means money or any other thing having <br /> econorn-Ic value. <br /> 3, <br /> La. R.S. 42:1153B provides the following with respect to penalties for violations of the <br /> Code of Governmental Ethics: <br /> Upon a determination that any public employee or other person has violated <br /> any provision of any law within the Jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics except <br /> violation of the ampa.ign Finance Disclosure Act which shall be governed by <br /> Cha <br /> pter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Devised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics <br /> Adjudicatory Board may remove, suspend, or order a reduction in pay, or <br /> Page 4 of 6 (Docket No. 2024-232) <br />