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2022-076
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2022-076
Requesting Party
Sarah Nash
Parties Involved
RoyaltyStat, LLC
Casey Fontenot
Agency at Issue
Louisiana Department of Revenue
Decision Date
5/6/2022
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Advisory opinion that the Code of Ethics would not prohibit a former employee of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from providing services to RoyaltyStat as long as the services provided do not relate to Department of Revenue matters in which the former employee participated and did not provide while employed with the Department of Revenue.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF LoOrsr DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> 4 9x LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> LM �� ,'� 7 P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cerir c„� (225)219-5600 <br /> ..o.. FAX:(225)381.-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www,ethics.1a.gov <br /> May 10, 2022 <br /> Ms. Sarah Nash <br /> PilieroMazza PLLC <br /> 888 17th Street NW, 11th Floor <br /> Washington, DC 20006 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2022-076 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms.Nash: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its May 6, 2022 meeting, considered your request on behalf of <br /> RoyaltyStat, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company ('`RoyaltyStat") for an advisory opinion <br /> as to whether a former employee of the Louisiana Department of Revenue ("LDR") may provide <br /> services to RoyaltyStat relating to certain transactions with LDR. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Ms. Casey Fontenot is a former employee of LDR. Ms. Fontenot served as a Revenue Tax Auditor <br /> for three years in the Field Audit Income Tax Division of LDR, and then served an additional year <br /> as a Revenue Tax Auditor Supervisor. In her role as a supervisor, her duties included <br /> accompanying auditors in their meetings with taxpayers, assigning case inventory, monitoring <br /> performance standards, conducting performance evaluations, and supervising audit procedures. <br /> The supervisor role is expressly designed to be an assistant to the Revenue Tax Director over a <br /> team of auditors in a defined geographical area. Ms. Fontenot's employment with LDR ended in <br /> January 2022. <br /> RoyaltyStat would like to hire Ms. Fontenot to provide certain services relating to transfer pricing, <br /> including certain matters related to LDR. Ms. Fontenot would not be performing any services on <br /> any matters she was involved in with LDR and would not be performing the same services she <br /> provided for LDR. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B provides that no former public employee shall (1) for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a <br /> transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public <br /> employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental <br /> entity by which he was formerly employed, or (2) for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public employment,render,any service which such former public employee had <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2022-076) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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