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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 248
BY SENATOR ADLEY
APPOINTED OFFICIALS. Provides for changes to the nomination process for the Board
of Ethics. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1132(B)(4)(c), relative to the Board of Ethics; to provide for2
changes relative to persons eligible for nomination to the board; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:1132(B)(4)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง1132. Board of Ethics8
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B. Membership; terms; vacancies; qualifications.10
(1) The board shall consist of eleven members to be selected as follows:11
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(c) No public employee , except a person who is a public employee solely14
because of his service as a member of the board, shall serve as a member of the15
board and no former public employee shall serve as a member of the board within16
six months of the termination of his employment. However, any person who is a17 SB NO. 248
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public employee solely because of his service as an appointed member of any1
public board or commission shall be eligible for nomination to the board and,2
if appointed, upon taking his oath of office his membership on any other board3
shall immediately terminate.4
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lauren B. Bailey.
DIGEST
Adley (SB 248)
Present law provides that no public employee, except a person who is a public employee
solely because of his service as a member of the board, will serve as a member of the board
and no former public employee shall serve as a member of the board within six months of
the termination of his employment.
Proposed law retains present law and provides an exception for any person who is a public
employee solely because of his service as an appointed member of a public board and allows
him to be eligible for nomination to the board and, if appointed, will terminate his
membership on any other board on which he serves.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 42:1132(B)(4)(c))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and
Governmental Affairs to the original bill
1. Clarifies that the exception is for persons appointed to public boards or
commissions.