ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 188
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER AND SENATOR MORREL L
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 42:1115.2 and to repeal R.S. 42:1123(41), relative to the acceptance of things
3 of economic value by public servants; to provide for the circumstances under which
4 a public servant may accept complimentary admission, transportation, and lodging
5 from a third party; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 42:1115.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1115.2. Admission to events; lodging; travel
9 A. The provisions of R.S. 42:1111 or 1115 shall not preclude the acceptance
10 by a public servant of complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable
11 transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, if the agency head of the public
12 servant's agency certifies each of the following:
13 (1) The public servant's acceptance of complimentary admission, lodging,
14 and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, is either of direct
15 benefit to the agency or will enhance the knowledge or skill of the public servant as
16 it relates to the performance of his public service.
17 (2) The agency head approved the public servant's acceptance of
18 complimentary admission, lodging, and reasonable transportation, or reimbursement
19 for such expenses, prior to acceptance.
20 B.(1) Any public servant who accepts complimentary admission, lodging,
21 or transportation, or reimbursement for such expenses, shall file with the Board of
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1 Ethics, within sixty days after such acceptance, a certification, on a form designed
2 by the board, disclosing all of the following:
3 (a) The date and location of complimentary admission, lodging, or
4 transportation and a brief description of its purpose.
5 (b) The name of the person who gave, provided, paid for, or reimbursed in
6 whole or in part the admission, lodging, or transportation.
7 (c) The amount expended on his behalf or reimbursed by the person for
8 admission, lodging, and transportation.
9 (2) The certification required by this Subsection shall include the
10 certifications of the agency head required by Subsection A of this Section.
11 Section 2. R.S. 42:1123(41) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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