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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 245
BY SENATOR MORRISH
ETHICS. Prohibits a parish or municipal governing authority from appointing more than
one member of any immediate family to the same board or commission. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:1113(A)(1)(c), relative to the Code of Governmental Ethics; to provide2
relative to certain prohibited appointments; to prohibit certain immediate family3
members from serving on the same board or commission; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S.42:1113(A)(1)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1113. Prohibited contractual arrangements; exceptions; reports8
A.(1)(a) * * *9
(c) No parish or municipal governing authority shall appoint more than10
one member of any immediate family to the same board or commission.11
* * *12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley Menou.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 245)
Proposed law prohibits parish and municipal governing authorities from appointing more
than one member of the same immediate family to the same board or commission. SB NO. 245
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Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds 42:1113(A)(1)(c))