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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> pF LO� DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> '°tifiotsck" (225)219-5600 <br /> »o..• <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> June 7, 2021 <br /> Ricky White <br /> 181 JT Griggs Road <br /> Calhoun, Louisiana 71225 <br /> Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics <br /> Docket No. 2021-177 <br /> Dear Mr. White, <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on June 4, 2021, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would <br /> prohibit you from working as a driving instructor following your retirement from the La. <br /> Office of Motor Vehicles. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You were previously employed as a Motor Vehicle Office Manager A, with the La. Office <br /> of Motor Vehicles ("OMV") in West Monroe for over twenty years. You retired on <br /> December 31, 2020. You reported to a Regional Manager and a Field Administrator, who <br /> handled the supervision of the office. Among other duties, you provided compliance <br /> analyst services regarding driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, and reinstatements of <br /> suspensions/revocations of driving privileges. <br /> You intend to work as a road test instructor for the West Monroe Driving Academy, where <br /> you will ride with students during their driving lessons. You will not administer the driving <br /> test on behalf of OMV. While you were employed with OMV, you did not provide any <br /> services with relation to driving instructions or exams. <br /> You also ask whether you may be employed by a Tag Title & License company that issues <br /> driver's licenses and vehicle registrations, as well as offers reinstatement services. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of two <br /> years following termination of his public employment, assist another person, for <br /> compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in <br /> which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment <br /> and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period <br /> of two years following termination of his public employment, render, any service which <br /> such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public <br /> Page 1 of 2 (Docket No. 2021-177) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />