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STATE OF LOUISIANA LOU DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE f° H..( Sr,S92. LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS ' -- �� ,' > P.O.BOX 4368 * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 °hri°c rc�. (225)219-5600 �. .. FAX (225)381-7271 1-800-842-6630 www.ethics.la.gov June 8, 2021 Edward R. Wedge, III 5633 Tullahama Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70817 Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-258 Dear Mr. Wedge: The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 4,2021 meeting,considered your request for an advisory opinion as to whether you may provide engineering services to a prospective employer that are related to certain transactions with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. FACTS PROVIDED You are employed by the Louisiana Department of Transportion and Development("DOTD"). You are currently the Deputy Chief Engineer in the Office of Engineering, and have been in that role since January 13, 2015. In such role,your responsibilities are, subject to the direction of the Chief Engineer,administering all matters related to state programs with respect to the environment,project design and management,construction,traffic engineering,and regulation of highways and bridges. As the Deputy Chief Engineer, you report to the Chief Engineer. You would like to retire from DOTD and obtain employment in the private sector. You are considering either a project management role or a client relations/business development role. LAWS La. R.S. 42:1121B provides that no former public employee shall (1) for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed,or(2) for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment,render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis,regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. La. R.S. 42:1121C provides that no legal entity in which a former public servant is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such public servant at any time participated during his public service and involving the agency by which he was formerly employed or in which he formerly held office. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER