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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> F LoVlsf DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> CONFIDEN�� (225)219-5600 <br /> " FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 7, 2025 <br /> Tyres Burise <br /> 1,110 Creed Street <br /> Pineville, Louisiana 71360 <br /> Re: Dock-et Pio. 2025-269 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Burise: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its July 3, 2025 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request, as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (the "Code") permits your company to <br /> enter into transactions with the City of Alexandria(the "City"). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently an employee of the City, serving as a warehouse stock clerk within the Finance <br /> and Accounting Department (the "Department"). <br /> You also own a business, Tybeaux's Xterior Solutions, LLC (the "Company"), which provides <br /> exterior cleaning and painting services. <br /> You would like to know whether the Company can enter into transactions with the City or its <br /> various departments. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A states no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> farr,ily,or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> subs-,ontract or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such <br /> public servant. <br /> La. R.S.42:1-102(2)(a)(vi)defines"agency"to mean,for public servants of political subdivisions, <br /> it scall mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any <br /> governing authority and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it <br /> slim l mean the governmental entity.Public servants of political subdivisions shall include,but shall <br /> riot be limited: to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other <br /> political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; <br /> coroners and their employees;and clerks of court and their employees. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2025-269) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />