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in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum geologist consultant, which would require you to testify before the Office of Permitting and Compliance during oil and gas hearings. I.ocal petroleum geologist consultants work i=or petroleum consulting firms that are usually hired by legal entities seeking approval of their drilling and exploration plans by the Oft��ce o�f Permitting and Coinpliance due to t11e extensive knowledge of Louisiana rules and regulations reguired. During an oil and gas l�earing, a pctroleum geologist is sworn in and testifies under oath about the legal entity's drilling and exploration plans.l'he Office of Permitting and Compliance then reviews all the information, ai�d either approves and adopts the plans or denies them with:in 30 days of�the hearing. LAw La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) provides that no former agency head or elected ofticial shall, for a period of two years following the termination af his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public oft:icial serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a trarisaction, or in an appearance in conriection with a transaction, involving that agency o�- render any service on a contractual basis to ar ior such agency. La. R.S. 42:112113(1) provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of�two years f:ollowing tl�e ter�nination of�his public employment, assist anotller person, ior compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participatcd at any time during his public employment and involvi�ng the governmental entity by which he was iormerly employed, or tor a period of two years following 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 thc parties to the contract, to, for, or on bel�alf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. I.�a. R.S. 42:1]21C provides that no legal entity in which a former public servant is an officer, director, trustee,partner, or einployee 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 servailt at any time participated during his public service and involving the agency by which he was formerly employed or in which he formerly 11e1d of�Cce. La. R.S. 42:1121� provides that, for the purposes of Subsections F3 and C of this Section, ten�nination o�f public etnployment means the termination of employment with the agency which employed the public employee when he participated in the transaction. La. R.S. �2:1102(2)(a)(i) detines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, cominittee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of the public servant"and "his agency"when used in reference to tlle agency of a public servant shall mean, for public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of� state government, tlle oftice in which such public servant carries out his primary �•esponsibilities. La. R.S. 42:1 l02(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or any member of a board or commission who exercises supervision over the agency. Page 2 of 4 (Bll 2026-041)