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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> Op Lopcsj DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> cOroFioeN°� (225)219-5600 <br /> ,,,..• FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> September 10, 2025 <br /> Natalie Dedon <br /> 150 Terrace Avenue <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-464 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Dedon: <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") prohibits an <br /> employee of the Costal Protection and Restoration Authority(CPRA) from accepting a door prize <br /> at conference. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are employed as a Coastal Resources Program Specialist at CPRA. Part of your job duties <br /> include registering employees to attend certain conferences. On the occasion that the conference <br /> awards door prizes, you want to know if you, or another employee of CPRA, may accept a door <br /> prize awarded at the conference when you attend in your official capacity as an employee of the <br /> State of Louisiana. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115 <br /> A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of economic value as <br /> a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such <br /> person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person: <br /> (1) Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the <br /> public servant's agency, or <br /> (2) Is seeking, for compensation,to influence the passage or defeat of legislation by the public <br /> servant's agency. <br /> B. No public employee shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of economic value <br /> as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such <br /> person, if such public employee knows or reasonably should know that such person: <br /> (1) Conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency. <br /> (2) Has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance <br /> or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-464) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />