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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> wo> Jo�l�r LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.0. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> cOarioercc. (225)219-5600 <br /> w. FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics,Ia.gov <br /> April 14, 2022 <br /> Mr. Bradley Mistich <br /> 3620 Nashville Avenue <br /> New Orleans, LA 70125 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2022-112 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Mistich: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 8, 2022 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether you may provide engineering services to a prospective employer <br /> relating to certain transactions with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently an employee of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development <br /> ("DOTD"). You serve as an Engineer 6 in the bridge maintenance section of DOTD. In that role, <br /> you conduct inspections of in-service bridges, manage consultant contracts and aid district offices <br /> in bridge maintenance activities. As one of multiple persons serving in an Engineer 6 role within <br /> the bridge maintenance section of DOTD, you report to Bridge Inspection Engineer Stephanie <br /> Doolittle, who in turn reports to Bridge Maintenance Administrator Nicholas Fagerburg. <br /> Specifically, Mr. Mistich works on projects within bridge maintenance that deals with underwater <br /> inspections. <br /> You would like to leave DOTD to accept a position with a private consultant to perform work that <br /> may involve the DOTD, but would not include any projects on which you have participated. You <br /> would not be performing any underwater maintenance consulting on any projects he was involved <br /> in with DOTD. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B provides that no former public employee shall (1) for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a <br /> transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public <br /> employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental <br /> entity by which he was formerly employed, or (2) for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public employment,render, any service which such former public employee had <br /> rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless <br /> of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly <br /> employed. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2022-112) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />