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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ��OF,L�UcJ,t DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> h�� ,,; �,, f9,y LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> h ,;;;, �� 9 P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> � * �/��� - ,`�, * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> c°�•`pEN�E.' (225)219-5600 <br /> •-.b..•� FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> 9/8/2025 <br /> Billy Mac McBride, C.LA. <br /> Lincoln Parish Assessor <br /> P.O. Box 1218 � <br /> Ruston, Louisiana 71273-1218 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-429 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. McBride: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on September 5, 2025, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits your <br /> daughter-in-law's sister to work as an employee in your office. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are the Assessor for Lincoln Parish. Your son,Adam McBride,is married to Tiffany McBride, <br /> your daughter-in-law. Tiffaily McBride's half-sister is Sadie Brov�m. You ask if Sadie Brown is <br /> permitted to be employed in the Assessor's Office. <br /> Law <br /> La. R.S. 42:1119A states that no member of the iminediate family of an agency head shall be <br /> employed in his agency. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" as the term relates to a public servant to mean <br /> his children,the spouses of his children,his brothers and their spouses,his sisters and their spouses, <br /> his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse. <br /> ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION <br /> Sadie Brown, the sister of your daughter-in-law, is not a member of your immediate fainily as <br /> defined by La. R.S. 42:1102(13). Therefore,the Board concluded and instructed me to inform you <br /> that Section 1119A of the Code does not prohibit Sadie Brown from being employed in the Lincoln <br /> Parish Assessor's Office. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the facts as <br /> presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of Goveriunental <br /> Ethics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conduct and or to laws other than the Code of <br /> Goverrunental Ethics, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, the Lobbyist Disclosure Acts, and <br /> the conflict of interest provisions contained in the Louisiana Gaming Control Law. <br /> Page 1 of 2(BD 2025-429) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUN/TY EMPLOYER <br />