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Ethics Board Docket No. 2024-393 <br /> Page 6 of 11 <br /> (9)defines"Elected official"means any person holding an office in a governmental <br /> entity which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include <br /> any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such offices. <br /> (16) defines "Person" to mean an individual or Iegal entity other than a <br /> governmental entity, or an agency thereof. <br /> (19)defines "Public servant" to mean a public employee or an elected official. <br /> (20.1) defines"service"to mean the performance of work,duties,responsibilities, <br /> or the leasing,rental,or sale of movable or immdvable property. <br /> (22)(a) defines "Thing of economic value" means money or any other thing having <br /> economic value. <br /> 3. <br /> The following provisions proscribe the penalties the Ethics Adjudicatory Board may assess <br /> if the Ethics Adjudicatory Board determines a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics has <br /> occurred: <br /> §1153. Penalties <br /> B. 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 /> violations of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act wluch shall be governed by <br /> Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Ethics <br /> Adjudicatory Board may remove,suspend,or order a reduction in pay,or demotion <br /> of the public employee or other person, or impose a fine of not more than ten <br /> thousand dollars,or both. <br /> §1153. Penalties <br /> A.If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Part reveals that any public servant <br /> or other person has violated any law within the jurisdiction of the Board of Ethics <br /> to his econamic advantage, and after an adjudicatory hearing on the matter, tbe <br />