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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 793
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
ETHICS/CODE: Provides relative to certain post service restrictions on former school
board members
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:1121(A)(3), relative to post service restrictions; to authorize a former2
school board member to engage in certain employment after a certain period of time;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:1121(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1121. Assistance to certain persons after termination of public service7
A.8
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(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this10
Subsection, a former member of a school board may be employed as a classroom11
teacher, a principal, or a superintendent at the conclusion of one year following the12
termination of his public service on the school board provided the former member13
of the school board has the appropriate certifications and qualifications for the14
position.15
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HB NO. 793
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hunter HB No. 793
Abstract: Allows a former member of a school board to be employed as a classroom
teacher, a principal, or a superintendent after the conclusion of one year following
the termination of his public service on the school board provided the former
member of the school board has the appropriate certifications and qualifications for
the position.
Present law (Code of Governmental Ethics--R.S. 42:1121(A)(1)) prohibits a former agency
head or elected official, for a period of two years following the termination of his public
service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official serving in such agency,
from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in
connection with a transaction, involving that agency or from rendering any service on a
contractual basis to or for such agency. Present law (R.S. 42:1121(A)(2)) further prohibits
a former member of a board or commission, for a period of two years following the
termination of his public service on such board or commission, from contracting with, being
employed in any capacity by, or being appointed to any position by that board or
commission.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding present law a former member of a school board
may be employed as a classroom teacher, a principal, or a superintendent after the
conclusion of one year following the termination of his public service on the school board
provided the former member of the school board has the appropriate certifications and
qualifications for the position.
(Adds R.S. 42:1121(A)(3))