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7/12/2021 9:49:28 AM
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2021-224
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2021-224
Requesting Party
Cassandra Billiot
Decision Date
6/4/2021
Law
R.S. 42:1111A
R.S. 42:1111C(1)(a)
R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d)
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Advisory Opinion whereby the Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit Cassandra Billiot, a Forensic Nurse Examiner with the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office from providing compensated services to The Haven, a non-profit group that assists survivors of sexual assault.
Ethics Subject Matters
Payment from Third Parties
Prohibited Assistance
Prohibited Transactions
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> f44,‘„, <br /> ���2 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> CONfI UENc'' (225)219-5600 <br /> «o»•' <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> June 8, 2021 <br /> Cassandra Billiot <br /> 68463 Abney Drive <br /> Mandeville, Louisiana 70471 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-224 <br /> Dear Ms. Billiot: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 4,2021 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether your potential employment with a non-profit organization would be a violation <br /> of the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed full-time by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office as a Forensic <br /> Nurse Examiner. In that role, you perform sexual assault exams at hospitals in St. Tammany, <br /> Washington, Tangipahoa, St. Helena and Livingston Parishes. <br /> You have been offered a part-time employment opportunity with The Haven,a non-profit group that <br /> assists survivors of sexual assault. Your expected job responsibilities would be to assist and train <br /> nurses and develop policies and procedures for the program. You would not be performing any <br /> exams in connection with your potential employment by The Haven. <br /> LAWS <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111A prohibits a public employee from receiving anything of economic value, other <br /> than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the <br /> performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. <br /> La.R.S.42:1111C(1)(a)prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value for <br /> any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, <br /> or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public <br /> servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent,shall receive any thing <br /> of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered,or to be rendered,to or for any person <br /> during his public service unless such services are:(d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any <br /> person or from any officer,director,agent,or employee of such person,if such public servant knows <br /> or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business <br /> or financial relationships with the public servant's agency. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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