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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF Lop DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> �w oN LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> w P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> coN oeNc� (225)219-5600 <br /> '••«o» FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> August 17, 2026 <br /> Danielle Kiff <br /> 106 Beaupre Drive <br /> Luling, Louisiana 70070 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-535 <br /> Disqualification Plan <br /> Dear Ms. Kiff: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its August 7, 2026 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request to approve a disqualification plan allowing your husband,Nolty Kiff,Jr.,to recuse himself <br /> from any matters relating to permits requested by clients of your prospective company. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Nolty Kiff, Jr., your husband, is employed by Jefferson Parish's Department of Code Compliance <br /> and Enforcement (the "Department") as a Plan Reviewer. In this role, he is responsible for <br /> reviewing and approving permits. <br /> You are considering establishing a business (the "Prospective Company") which will assist <br /> individuals and contractors in obtaining expedited permits from the Department. <br /> You have submitted a disqualification plan to avoid any potential violation of La. R.S. 42:1112, <br /> whereby Mr. Kiff would recuse himself from participating in any transaction or duties involving <br /> clients of the Prospective Company, including but not limited to approval of permitting. Such <br /> actions would be handled by Department employees Alexander Lopez, Plan Reviewer 3 or Doing <br /> Tran, Plan Reviewer 2. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public <br /> servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any <br /> thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for <br /> any person during his public service unless such services are: neither performed for nor <br /> compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if <br /> such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain <br /> contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency; conducts <br /> operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency; or has substantial <br /> Page 1 of 4 (BD 2025-535) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />