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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF LOU DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> y� <br /> oN J'USnTfcsr LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cO�FIDENE� (225)219-5600 <br /> •••«o»•' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> August 11, 2025 <br /> Robert P. Page <br /> ChExles A. Pa;;e and Sons Insurance Agency, Inc. <br /> P.O. Box 20010 <br /> Houni-a, Louisiana 70360 <br /> Re: Docket leo. 2025-295 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Deer Mr. Page: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its August 8, 2025 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request, as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (the "Code") permits your company to <br /> renew insurance policies originally issued by unrelated parties. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You own a 5CI`'/o interest in Charles A. Page and Sons Insurance Agency, Inc. (the "Company"). <br /> `.'1 ou also serve: on the board of the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District(the "District"). <br /> Your son, Ryzn Page,who does not own any interest in the Company, serves as the Risk Manager <br /> for Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (the "Parish"). In this role, he presents renewal <br /> quotes to the Parish President and Parish Council. <br /> The Company is considering acquiring another insurance agency (the "Target"). The Target is the <br /> insurance producer of record for several policies with each of the Parish and the District <br /> (collectively,the "Subject Policies"). <br /> You would like to know, if the Company, after it acquires the Target, could renew the Subject <br /> Policies. <br /> LAW <br /> Lal. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the <br /> governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has <br /> a s-cbstantial economic interest. <br /> Lal. R.S. 42:1113A states no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> fa.n;ily, or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> Page 1 of 4 (BD 2025-295) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />