The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Menou.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 122)
Present law provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant
exercises control or owns an interest in excess of 25% will receive any thing of economic value
for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person who has or is
seeking to obtain a contractual or other business or financial relationship with the public servant's
agency.
Present law provides that no public servant will solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing
of economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or
employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such
person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the
public servant's agency.
Proposed law provides an exception to present law to allow a member of a governing authority of
a municipality with a population of 5,000 or less or legal entity in which he has a controlling
interest to render compensated services to a person which has entered into a transaction with the
municipality.
Proposed law limits the member's compensation or revenue from a contractual or other business
or financial relationship with a person seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial
relationship not to exceed $10,000 per year per person seeking to have a contractual or business
or financial relationship and requires the member's compensation or revenue to be reported
annually to the governing authority of which he is a member on the same date his personal
financial disclosure statement is due.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 42:1123(43))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental
Affairs to the original bill
1. Limits the member's compensation or revenue to $10,000 per year and requires
annual reporting to the governing authority of which he is a member.