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F Lo STATE OF LOUISIANA pDEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS P.0. BOX 4368 BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 ��nri oe"c` (225)219-5600 FAX:(225)381-7271 1-800-842-6630 www.ethics.1a.gov Friday, March 4, 2022 Anthony Baker 320 Carroll Creek Road Coushatta, Louisiana 71019 RE: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No.2022-038 Advisory Opinion Dear Mr. Baker: The Louisiana Board of Ethics("Board"),at its March 4, 2022 meeting, considered your request for an advisory opinion as to whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit you from working for your father's company part-time while employed by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development("LaDOTD"). FACTS PROVIDED You are asking for an advisory opinion concerning whether the Code prohibits you from working, part- time fory our father, Richard Baker. Your father retired from the LaDOTD in 2014 and started a construction inspection business, Baker HCIS, LLC,this year. Baker HCIS has been subcontracted by Hunt,Guillot&Associates, LLC,which was contracted by the City of Ruston to perform construction inspection services on various sidewalk projects. The LaDOTD and Federal Aid Funds fund these sidewalk projects. You are currently a Bridge Inspector 5 QA/QC for the LaDOTD — Operations Division — Bridge Maintenance and Inspection Section in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and have been for one (1) year. As a Bridge Inspector 5 QA/QC,you manage bridge inspections, inspecting in-service bridges that meet the applicable FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) requirements, processing paperwork that the district offices submit, and ensuring the QA/ QC standards are met. Working for Baker HCIS, you would be performing construction inspection services on various things related to sidewalks such as installing storm drains, asphalt paving, sidewalk installation, and associated miscellaneous work. As a Bridge Inspector 5 QA/QC, your responsibilities do not include sidewalk inspections or any of the scope of work Baker HCIS is undertaking, pursuant to its subcontract. LAW La.R.S.42:1102(2)(a)(i)defines"agency"to mean a department,office,division,agency,commission, board,committee,or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of the public servant" and"his agency"when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shall mean for public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of state government, the office in which such public servant carries out his primary responsibilities. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER