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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 754 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 81 by Senator Mills)
BY SENATOR MILLS
ETHICS. Provides an exception to the provisions of law relative to ethical standards for
public servants. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:1123(42), relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics; to provide for an2
exception to the provisions of law relative to ethical standards for public servants;3
to provide relative to a public servant doing business with a person who has a4
business relationship with the agency of the public servant under certain5
circumstances; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 42:1123(42) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1123. Exceptions9
This Part shall not preclude:10
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(42) Notwithstanding any other provision of law in this Part, an12
individual who serves on a port commission, or a related family member, or an13
entity in which the member has a substantial economic interest to a grain14
elevator owned by a port commission may contract for the sale of grain15
provided:16
(a) That the member complies with R.S. 42:1120.4, including matters17 SB NO. 754
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related to the management and operations of the grain elevator.1
(b) The terms and conditions of the sale are the same or substantially the2
same as a sale to a non-member.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lauren Bailey.
DIGEST
Present law prohibits a public servant or a legal entity in which he exercises control or has
an interest in excess of 25% from accepting anything of economic value, for services
rendered, from a person who has a business relationship with the agency of the public
servant.
Proposed law provides an exception to present law for an individual who serves on a port
commission, or a related family member, or an entity in which the member has a substantial
economic interest to a grain elevator owned by a port commission may contract for the sale
of grain if the member complies with R.S. 42:1120.4, including matters related to the
management and operations of the grain elevator and the terms and conditions of the sale are
the same or substantially the same as a sale to a non-member.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 42:1123(42)